Hong Kong cricket coach Trent Johnston resigns, hails ‘best three years of my coaching career’
- Australian coach of the city’s men’s cricket team leaves his role after revelations were made public about his private life
- Cricket Hong Kong confirms a parting of the ways with Johnston and ‘thanks Trent for his commitment’
Trent Johnston has resigned as Hong Kong cricket coach with immediate effect.
Cricket Hong Kong and the former Ireland international decided to part ways after revelations about Johnston’s private life were made public.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the board thanked the 48-year-old Australian for his service and wished him “the very best in his future endeavours”.
“I have had the best three years of my coaching career with this squad of players and organisation,” Johnston said. “I know I leave this group in much better shape than I found them. They are certainly on the upward trend.
“I would like to thank Cricket Hong Kong for giving me the opportunity to be the head coach and would like to thank the members of the board and the Cricket Hong Kong management, admin and coaching team for all the support given to me over the last three years.”
Johnston joined Hong Kong in the summer of 2019, and then spent the better part of his time in charge of the city’s men’s team unable to do anything as the coronavirus laid waste to the world’s sporting fixtures over the next two years.
