Damien Wright

Damien Wright
Personal information
Full name
Damien Geoffrey Wright
Born (1975-07-25) 25 July 1975 (age 49)
Casino, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameMoves
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98–2006/07Tasmania
2001Scotland (domestic only)
2003–2005Northamptonshire (squad no. 29)
2007Glamorgan
2008/09–2010/11Victoria (squad no. 3)
2009Sussex
2010Somerset (squad no. 20)
2010/11Wellington
2011Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 123 106 26
Runs scored 3,824 930 195
Batting average 23.46 16.60 15.00
100s/50s 1/20 0/4 0/0
Top score 111 55 38*
Balls bowled 25,465 5,405 494
Wickets 406 130 20
Bowling average 28.68 29.14 30.75
5 wickets in innings 16 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 8/60 5/37 3/17
Catches/stumpings 57/– 23/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 July 2020

Damien Geoffrey Wright (born 25 July 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former first-class cricketer who coached Hobart Hurricanes cricket team. Wright made his debut for Tasmania in 1997, playing with the team until switching to Victoria for the 2008–09 season. In 2002 he played in the Scottish cricket team as their one permitted overseas player—he also had previous spells in county cricket with Northamptonshire, Glamorgan and Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has a side-on bowling action and an ability to bounce the ball sharply. Wright started Coaching the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League 03 in 2013–14, he coached the team to defeat the Melbourne Stars, who were undefeated in the tournament until then. The Hurricanes then lost the final to the Perth Scorchers. Wright then coached the Hurricanes to the semi-finals in the Champions League T20 2014 in India.