Christchurch, Nov. 30 -- : Former New Zealand batter Dean Brownlie has been appointed as the new batting coach of the New Zealand women's team alongside Craig Howard who joined the team as spin bowling coach.

Brownlie, who retired from his playing career at the end of the 2019-20 season, joins the Kiwi women's coaching staff following a stint with Northern Districts Cricket as their Network coach.

He brings previous international coaching experience to the role having joined the New Zealand coaching group as batting coach for last summer's home series against the Netherlands and more recently joined the New Zealand coaching staff for the T20 World Cup campaign in Australia.

A former three-format New Zealand, Brownlie represented New Zeal...