Current Bangladesh Jamie Siddons, the head coach of a team, has expressed several times how much he enjoys working in Bangladesh. The Australian was the national team’s head coach from 2007 to 2011 and has been under contract with the Bangladesh Cricket Board from February 2022. His current contract runs through the end of the 2022 cricket season.
Siddons disclosed this information to the media after Bangladesh A’s match in Sylhet. He stated that his children were still quite little when they arrived in Bangladesh.
Siddons had declared on Facebook that he would no longer work with the national team because he wished to devote his focus to the next generation of players in development, particularly the pipeline of Bangladesh cricket and the players who are in and around the national team. Siddons’ announcement came after he had hoped to turn his attention to the next generation of players in development.
On May 5, the 59-year-old man uploaded a picture of his children, a son and a daughter, who were both dressed in their school uniforms. He stated that he missed them and that it made him sad that he was unable to see them off to school every day in Adelaide.
“I’m going to have to miss my children’s first day of school in their winter uniforms at their new school today.#ilovecoaching but it makes me sad that I won’t be able to see these guys off to school every morning! Growing up much too quickly,” he penned.
After receiving a torrent of responses from Bangladesh supporters who suggested that Siddons could think about sending his children to Bangladesh so that they might attend school there, Siddons responded by saying, “Both of my children were born in Bangladesh, and my daughter was 3 years old when we left the country the last time I was here.” Both of them can’t wait to stop over for a visit. Perhaps they should be granted honorary citizenship. Ha.”
On Monday, the Australian coach joked about the possibility of obtaining honorary citizenship for his children so that they could attend school in Bangladesh and live with their father at the same time. He also made the point that his children would be eligible to play for Bangladesh if they were granted citizenship.
“I was joking around, having some fun with it,” she said with a wink and a smile. When I visited here the last time, thirteen years ago, they had just been born and had arrived here. They were most likely eight weeks old at the time. They had been here for two years, so perhaps it would be appropriate to grant them honorary citizenship. After that, they are eligible to compete for Bangladesh.