IN SAFE HANDS: Michael Delaney playing for Orange CYMS Cricket Club.
Former Orange CYMS Cricket Club star Michael Delaney has been appointed head coach of South Australia's women's team.
Delaney, who was installed as the South Australian Cricket Association's Head of Female Development and Pathways earlier this year, is one of Orange CYMS's greatest ever players, despite leaving the club before leaving high school.
Delaney joined SA's men's squad in 2010 but did not earn a senior cap during three injury-plagued seasons that included suffering stress fractures in his back.
He then returned to Canberra in 2013 to continue his playing career, and also explored the possibility of representing Ireland (birthplace of his grandparents) before being appointed playing coach of ACT team Ginninderra.
Delaney then took on a high-performance coaching role with Cricket ACT and served as assistant coach to Jono Dean when the Canberra Comets men's team re-entered the national Toyota Second XI competition last summer.
Delaney will be flanked by incumbent assistant coach and former Australia batter Nicole Bolton who is in the initial stages of her senior coaching career and is understood not to have applied for the SA top job.
"This is an incredible opportunity and I can’t wait to get started," Delaney said.
"With so many brilliant players and people both on and off the field, the SA Women's team is ready to take the leap to the ultimate success and I know we have the right people in place to achieve those goals.
"I am so excited to get pre-season underway as we resume working towards our targets."
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