Steve Rhodes

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Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is an English cricket coach and former cricketer.

He was the former head coach of Bangladesh's national cricket team, but he was fired on July 8th, 2019, following Bangladesh's disappointing result in the Cricket World Cup 2019.

He was best known as a wicketkeeper but he was also a good number six or seven batsman, achieving twelve first-class centuries. In the early 1960s, William Rhodes, his father, played more than 30 times for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.

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Domestic career

With Yorkshire County Cricket Club in West Yorkshire, Rhodes' county cricket career began in 1981. After limited opportunities, David Bairstow joined Worcestershire County Cricket Club in 1985 and spent two decades in the county.

Rhodes took part in Worcestershire's triumphs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the County Championship in 1988 and 1989, the Refuge Assurance League in 1987 and 1989, and the NatWest Trophy in 1994. Rhodes scored 105, his best score in limited over cricket, and the only century in the tournament's four-year history.

Following Ben Smith's departure during a home game with Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Rhodes briefly became county captain for a short time during the 2004 season.

Rhodes was a prolific wicketkeeper in limited over cricket, and as of 2022, he holds the world record for the most dismissals and most catches in this style.

International career

He was invited to India in 1988/89 but lost his chance due to political reasons, and it was 1994 before he made his Test cricket debut.

His appointment was mainly due to Ray Illingworth, the current chairman of selectors, who stated at his appointment that he wanted balanced sides i.e. At number 6, an all-rounder with a wicket-keeper at number 6. Illingworth was correct in saying that his chosen wicket-keeper had to perform with bat and gloves. Although Rhodes had a glorious summer with the gloves in 1994, he did not make enough runs against the stiff South African bowling attack in the second half of the season (although he did make his only Test half-century in this series, at Leeds, and had earned accolades for his "gritty performance" in assisting with the rescue of a Test against New Zealand earlier this summer).

He was picked up in 1994-95 and had a bad tour with gloves and particularly with the bat - often dismissed by Australian spearhead Craig McDermott, who often paused leg before wicket. He was turned down by Alec Stewart in 1995, and he never played for England again after waiting so long to make his Test debut (he had played three One Day Internationals in 1989). Despite this, Rhodes was named one of the year's Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1994.

Coaching career

Following Tom Moody's departure, Worcestershire announced in May 2005 that Rhodes had been named Coach. He served as the head of cricket from 2006 to 2017.

Rhodes has been named as the head coach for Bangladesh's national team until the end of the 2020 ICC World Twenty20, on June 7th. When the West Indies beat the Bangladesh coach in the two-match Test series 2–0 in July 2018, Rhodes lost his first series as Bangladesh coach. Bangladesh won their second ODI series victory in the West Indies, defeating West Indies 2–1. Later, Bangladesh managed to defeat West Indies in the T20I series by a 2–1 lead. Rhodes lauded his team's comeback and victory in the last two series after being disqualified in the Test series, and he was shocked that they triumphed in the T20 series over the world champions, West Indies.

After losing the previous six times, Bangladesh also secured their first ever tournament final under Rhodes. The Tigers won the trophy for the first time in their history in the Tri-nation Series between Bangladesh, Ireland, and the West Indies.

Following Rhodes' eighth-place finish in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, his affiliation with the BCB was canceled in July 2019.

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