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Shaun Williams (cricket coach)

Australian former coach of Bangladesh

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ47542151 ↗
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Shaun Williams (born 16 January 1974) is a former Australian international cricket coach. Born in Bendigo, Victoria, he was interim coach of Bangladesh in 2007 while the Bangladesh Cricket Board looked for a permanent successor for Dav Whatmore. Williams coached the team for a tour of Sri Lanka and the 2007 World T20. He was succeeded as Bangladesh coach by Jamie Siddons, and, following his time with Bangladesh, he was coach of Maharashtra between 2008 and 2012.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2007, 2008, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1970-01-16. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shaun, Williams and cricket providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Shaun Williams (cricket coach)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.