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West Indies legendary wicket-keeper batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been appointed as the head coach of the USA women's national team.

Chanderpaul will also worl with the under-19 side, starting with the Rising Stars T20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago this week.

“I am excited to have been appointed as the Head Coach of the USA National Women’s Team and Women’s Under 19 Team. The Women’s game is something I am a huge advocate of, and I have followed the progress of the USA Women’s National team with keen interest,”Chanderpaul said in official announcement statement.

“I’ve enjoyed being involved in American cricket over the years as a resident of Orlando, so to be given this opportunity to become the Head Coach for USA Cricket is an incredible one. I’m really looking forward to using my 20+ years of international cricket and my recent coaching experiences, to help the women’s teams progress to World Cups in years to come, particularly the inaugural Under 19 Cricket World Cup in January,” he added.

Chanderpaul has played 164 Tests and scored 11867 runs with 30 centuries and got more than 20000 international runs before announcing his retirement in 2016 at an age of 41.