Owais Shah re-joins Middlesex as white-ball batting coach

Shah will work closely with former England teammate Mark Ramprakash, Middlesex's lead consultant batting coach, and the men's squad during the white-ball season

Owais Shah has re-joined Middlesex as a specialist consultant white-ball batting coach.

Shah, who played for Middlesex from 1995 to 2010, will work alongside his former England teammate Mark Ramprakash, who is already in place as the county’s lead consultant batting coach, during the white-ball season.

Shah represented England in six Tests, 71 ODIs and 17 T20Is – all of which came while he was playing at Middlesex.

He scored nearly 8,500 white-ball runs for the county, including a memorable 75 off 35 balls to win the 2008 T20 Cup. 

^{Shah scored nearly 8,500 white-ball runs for Middlesex, including a match-winning knock in the 2008 T20 Cup final [Richard Heathcote/Getty Images]}

Alan Coleman, Middlesex’s head of men's performance cricket, said: "We are delighted to have Owais back at the club and working with our professional playing group.

"As a player he had something really special, a real will to win and unbelievable skills in white-ball cricket to back that up. His record in the shorter forms of the game is exceptional and he will bring some real expertise to our white-ball coaching set-up.

"He has played in all of the world’s biggest T20 franchise tournaments, has experienced the pressures of international cricket, and is an exceptional coach who can put all these experiences to good use with our playing group, specifically the development of our young batters as they learn about the shorter formats of the game."

Shah added: "I started at the club as an Under-11, and played all the way through as a player until the age of 31. It is now a great honour to return to Middlesex as a coach and help the younger guys develop quicker so that we can get the club back to the top."