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Former New Zealand bowler Shane Bond has joined the Australian summer’s Big Bash League after signing as an assistant coach for Brisbane Heat. The 40-year-old will join with head coach and former Kiwi teammate Daniel Vettori in the KFC Twenty20 BBL league starting in December. BREAKING: Shane Bond joins fellow Kiwis Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum at @HeatBBL : http://t.co/FaicG2nnfE pic.twitter.com/91JkJ6SXjk — KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) August 20, 2015 After spending three-year stint as NZ bowling coach, the Christchurch born pacer left that post after Black Caps lost the World Cup final earlier this year. "They are arguably the two leading T20 competitions in the world so I'm keen to get to grips with the Big Bash after being impressed with the standard as an outsider looking in," Bond said . Bond is the current bowling coach of Mumbai Indians, who won the 2015 Indian Premier League silverware, working alongside with former Aussie skipper Ricky Po...

New Zealand former paceman Shane Bond has been appointed as a bowling coach for New Zealand cricket team. Bond, 37, said, " This is a role I have worked towards since I stopped playing, The experience of playing for New Zealand exceeded my expectations and I'm sure it will be no different as a coach. " Bond will join the Black Caps to be a part of the coaching later this month to Sri Lanka.