Former Australia batter Matthew Hayden is set to be named head coach of Glasgow Cosmic for this summer's European T20 Premier League.
Former Australia batter Matthew Hayden is set to be named head coach of the European T20 Premier League's Glasgow franchise. BBC Sport understands Hayden has signed up to coach Glasgow Cosmic for the inaugural tournament between 26 August and 20 September.
The 54-year-old's most recent coaching job was as the Gujarat Titans' batting coach for the 2026 season of the Indian Premier League . Hayden previously held batting and mentoring roles as part of Pakistan's coaching staff from 2021 until after the 2022 T20 World Cup. He played 103 Tests, 161 one-day internationals and nine T20s for Australia between 1993 and 2009 scoring 15,066 runs across all formats.
Hayden's assistant at Cosmic will be fellow Queenslander Matthew Mott, who coached England's white-ball team between 2022 and 2024. New Zealand opener Finn Allen, South Africa quick Lungi Ngidi and former England all-rounder Liam Livingstone are among the players to have agreed deals to play for Cosmic in the ETPL. The ETPL is being run in collaboration with the cricket boards of Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands with teams based out of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Glasgow Cosmic are backed by the Mugafi Group, an India-based entertainment business, while former Australia captain Steve Waugh and India legend Rahul Dravid are among those to invest in other ETPL franchises. Bollywood actor and film producer Abhishek Bachchan is a part-owner of the league in conjunction with Rules Sport Tech, a private Indian company.
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