Pierre de Bruyn steps down as head coach of Leicestershire

Pierre de Bruyn has quit from his role of head coach with Leicestershire with immediate effect. The South African was in the role for a year after he was escalated from the assistant coach position in last October. Graeme Walsh and John Sadler will take over the first team until the end of the English county season.

Resignation in wake of poor season

Leicestershire has had a poor run in the County Championship as they are languishing at the bottom of the Division Two table. They haven’t won a single game and lost 6 out of 11 games played this year. They still have three first-class games to play before the season is concluded and will like to win a couple of games.

De Bruyn will be disappointed with his stint at the helm of Leicestershire which prompted him to step down. Though, the team managed to reach the quarter-finals of the NatWest Blast T20 but failed to progress beyond the group stages of the Royal London Cup – the domestic 50-over event of England. De Bruyn first joined the club in early 2016 and thanked Leicestershire for the opportunities.

“I would like to thank the board of directors for the great opportunity to become head coach of Leicestershire County Cricket Club, it has been a fantastic experience.

“I have enjoyed my time here and thank everybody at Leicestershire CCC for their support. I wish the club the best for the future and am now looking forward to the next challenge in my career.”

de Bruyn a decent domestic cricketer

Born in the city of Pretoria in South Africa, de Bruyn was a fine all-rounder in domestic cricket. In 91 first-class games, the 40-year old amassed 4637 runs at 37.09 and picked 109 wickets at 29.63. In List ‘A’ cricket, the right hander managed to score 1791 at 29.85 while picking 60 wickets with his medium pace at 38.11. After a 15-year career, the all-rounder quit playing professional cricket in 2010.