Bringing with him the experience of being England Women's assistant coach for two years, David Capel, the former England cricketer, on Saturday (October 15) was named head coach of the Bangladesh Women's team for a period of four months.

Having represented England in 15 Tests and 23 One-Day Internationals, he is the third overseas coach appointed after India's Mamatha Maben and Sri Lankan Chanak Gamage.

His first assignment will be the side's Asia Cup in Thailand next month after which, he will also see Bangladesh through to the Women's World Cup qualifier in February 2017 in Sri Lanka, for which Bangladesh and Ireland gained automatic qualification on the back of their ODI status.

The four teams that finish at the top in this ten-team competition will seal a berth in the main competition which will be held in England and Wales in June 2017.