London, Jan. 22 -- The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed Troy Cooley as England pace-bowling lead coach. Cooley returns to England's coaching set-up after more than 20 years.

Cooley will be responsible for the development and coaching of fast bowlers across the England Men and England Men's International Pathway (England Lions and England Young Lions), as per the ECB website.

He returns to England Cricket as one of the most highly-regarded fast-bowling coaches in the world after he was the ECB National Pace Bowling Coach from 2003-2006, which included the historic 2005 Men's Ashes success.

The 60-year-old Tasmanian has since spent 15 years as a coach with Cricket Australia's National Performance Programme before his m...