The 34 year old Josh Cobb has retired from Professional Cricket to take up new role as Academy lead at Warwickshire.
The batting all-rounder has played 448 professional games across a career which startedat Leicestershire in 2007 and has represented two other Counties in Northamptonshire and Worcestershire.
He also part of Dhaka Gladiators in Bangladesh Premier League where the side won the title in 2013 and has also captained Welsh Fire in The Hundred.
Cobb spent two weeks working with Australia’s players as a consultant coach along with Australia head coach Andrew McDonald during the ODI series in England last September
He is following his father Russell who runs the UCCE set-up at Loughborough University into coaching.
“Since making my debut 18 years ago, it’s been a thoroughly enjoyable ride with plenty of ups and downs,” Cobb said in a statement on Tuesday.
“I’m immensely thankful for the people I’ve met, places travelled, and memories created over the years. Cricket has given me so much. Scoring my first hundred at Lord’s aged 18 and winning the T20 Blast Finals twice are just some of the memories I’ll cherish,” said Josh Cobb.
“My challenge is to keep developing homegrown players that can go on to play for the Bears and England,” Cobb said.
Recent graduates of the Warwickshire academy include Jacob Bethell and Dan Mousley. “I’m excited at the chance to lead an academy at such a great club like Warwickshire, one that’s had a lot of success over a number of years,” concluded Josh Cobb.
