Former Middlesex and Sussex batsman Toby Radford, who helped Hungerford win consecutive Southern League titles in the late 1990s, has left his position as Glamorgan head coach after two seasons in the role. The Welsh county announced Radford's departure on their official website and said the 44-year-old will return to specialist batting coaching.
It is a position Radford has performed both with the England and Wales Cricket Board at their Loughborough centre and the West Indies when they were crowned ICC World Twenty20 Champions in 2012.
Glamorgan ended eighth in County Championship Division Two in Radford's first year in charge in 2014 and last season finished fourth - their second highest championship position in the last decade. They also made the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals in 2014, but their one-day form in 2015 fell away as Glamorgan failed to make it out of the group stages of both 20-over and 50-over competitions.
"I am obviously pleased that the team showed major improvement in the past two seasons and it has been highly competitive across all formats and in all competitions," Radford said.
"It is disappointing for me not to be able to see the work through to its conclusion but I am confident that the wealth of home-grown young talents gives the club huge optimism for both the immediate and long-term future.
It is a position Radford has performed both with the England and Wales Cricket Board at their Loughborough centre and the West Indies when they were crowned ICC World Twenty20 Champions in 2012.
Glamorgan ended eighth in County Championship Division Two in Radford's first year in charge in 2014 and last season finished fourth - their second highest championship position in the last decade. They also made the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals in 2014, but their one-day form in 2015 fell away as Glamorgan failed to make it out of the group stages of both 20-over and 50-over competitions.
"I am obviously pleased that the team showed major improvement in the past two seasons and it has been highly competitive across all formats and in all competitions," Radford said.
"It is disappointing for me not to be able to see the work through to its conclusion but I am confident that the wealth of home-grown young talents gives the club huge optimism for both the immediate and long-term future.
