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	Sawyer has been the head coach of [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)\|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49740385\| title= The Hundred: Ben Sawyer named Birmingham women's coach for new competition\| work=[[BBC Sport]]\| date=18 September 2019\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> Under his leadership, the Sixers won two WBBL competitions in [[2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season\|2016–17]] and [[2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season\|2017–18]],<ref name=~~BBC/><ref name=Cricinfo~~>{{cite ~~news~~\| url= https://www.~~espncricinfo~~.com/~~story~~/_/~~id/27642855/australia-mentor-ben-sawyer-birmingham-women-team-head-coach-hundred~~\| title= ~~Australia mentor~~ Ben Sawyer to be Birmingham ~~Women~~'s ~~Team Head Coach for~~ The Hundred\| ~~work~~=[[~~ESPNcricinfo~~]]\| date=18 September 2019\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=~~Cricketer~~>{{cite ~~magazine~~ \|url= https://www.~~thecricketer~~.com/~~Topics~~/~~thehundred~~/~~ben_sawyer_coach_birmingham_womens_team_the_hundred.html~~\| title= Ben Sawyer to ~~coach~~ Birmingham ~~women~~'s ~~team in~~ The Hundred\| ~~magazine~~=[[~~The Cricketer~~]]\| date=19 September 2019\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> and were losing finalists in the [[2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season\|2015–16]] and [[2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season\|2018–19]] WBBL seasons.<ref name=Cricinfo/> He had the highest win percentage of any women's Twenty20 coach.<ref name=Cricinfo/>		Sawyer has been the head coach of [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)\|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news\| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49740385\| title= The Hundred: Ben Sawyer named Birmingham women's coach for new competition\| work=[[BBC Sport]]\| date=18 September 2019\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> Under his leadership, the Sixers won two WBBL competitions in [[2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season\|2016–17]] and [[2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season\|2017–18]],<ref name=Cricketer>{{cite magazine \|url= https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/thehundred/ben_sawyer_coach_birmingham_womens_team_the_hundred.html\| title= Ben Sawyer to coach Birmingham women's team in The Hundred\| magazine=[[The Cricketer]]\| date=19 September 2019\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=BBC/><ref name=Cricinfo>{{cite news\| url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27642855/australia-mentor-ben-sawyer-birmingham-women-team-head-coach-hundred\| title= Australia mentor Ben Sawyer to be Birmingham Women's Team Head Coach for The Hundred\| work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]\| date=18 September 2019\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> and were losing finalists in the [[2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season\|2015–16]] and [[2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season\|2018–19]] WBBL seasons.<ref name=Cricinfo/> He had the highest win percentage of any women's Twenty20 coach.<ref name=Cricinfo/>

	Sawyer has also worked as an assistant coach for the Australia women's under-19 team, and for [[New South Wales Breakers]] as a fast bowling coach.<ref name=Aus18>{{cite news\| url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ben-sawyer-sydney-sixers-australia-women-southern-stars-world-t20-series-new-zealand/2018-09-24\| title= Big Bash coach jumps on to assist Aussies\| work=[[Cricket Australia]]\| date=24 September 2018\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> Prior to the [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20]], Sawyer was appointed an assistant coach of the [[Australia women's national cricket team]],<ref name=Cricinfo/><ref name=Aus18/> where he focused on fast bowling.<ref name=Cricketer/> He replaced [[Ashley Noffke]] in the role.<ref name=Aus18/> Australian cricketer [[Ellyse Perry]] credited Sawyer as an important figure in helping Australia win the [[Australia women's cricket team in England in 2019\|2019 Women's Ashes]].<ref name=Cricinfo/> Sawyer's contract was later extended until the [[2021 Women's Cricket World Cup]].<ref name=Aus20>{{cite news\| url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ben-sawyer-nsw-breakers-assistant-coach-australia-world-cup-sydney-sixers/2020-07-09\| title= Aussie assistant coach joins NSW Breakers\| work=[[Cricket Australia]]\| date=9 July 2020\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> During his tenure as assistant coach, Australia won two [[ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]s and a [[The Women's Ashes\|Women's Ashes]] series in England.<ref name=Aus20/>		Sawyer has also worked as an assistant coach for the Australia women's under-19 team, and for [[New South Wales Breakers]] as a fast bowling coach.<ref name=Aus18>{{cite news\| url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ben-sawyer-sydney-sixers-australia-women-southern-stars-world-t20-series-new-zealand/2018-09-24\| title= Big Bash coach jumps on to assist Aussies\| work=[[Cricket Australia]]\| date=24 September 2018\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> Prior to the [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20]], Sawyer was appointed an assistant coach of the [[Australia women's national cricket team]],<ref name=Cricinfo/><ref name=Aus18/> where he focused on fast bowling.<ref name=Cricketer/> He replaced [[Ashley Noffke]] in the role.<ref name=Aus18/> Australian cricketer [[Ellyse Perry]] credited Sawyer as an important figure in helping Australia win the [[Australia women's cricket team in England in 2019\|2019 Women's Ashes]].<ref name=Cricinfo/> Sawyer's contract was later extended until the [[2021 Women's Cricket World Cup]].<ref name=Aus20>{{cite news\| url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ben-sawyer-nsw-breakers-assistant-coach-australia-world-cup-sydney-sixers/2020-07-09\| title= Aussie assistant coach joins NSW Breakers\| work=[[Cricket Australia]]\| date=9 July 2020\| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> During his tenure as assistant coach, Australia won two [[ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]s and a [[The Women's Ashes\|Women's Ashes]] series in England.<ref name=Aus20/>

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| name = Ben Sawyer
| country = Australia
| full_name =
| birth_date = 1978/79
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| role = Coach
| date = February
| year = 2023
| coachclub1 = [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]]
| coachyear1 = 2015–2021
| coachclub2 = [[Birmingham Phoenix]]
| coachyear2 = 2021–2024
| coachclub3 = [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand women]]
| coachyear3 = 2022–
| coachclub4 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| coachyear4 = 2023
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'''Ben Sawyer''' (born 1978/79)<ref name=Cricketer/> is an Australian cricket coach, who is the current head coach of the [[New Zealand women's national cricket team]]. He has previous been head coach of [[Birmingham Phoenix]] women's team in [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]], [[Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bangalore]] in the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]] and [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]]. Sawyer has also worked as assistant coach of [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia women]], and a coach of [[New South Wales Breakers]].

==Career==

Sawyer has been the head coach of [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49740385| title= The Hundred: Ben Sawyer named Birmingham women's coach for new competition| work=[[BBC Sport]]| date=18 September 2019| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> Under his leadership, the Sixers won two WBBL competitions in [[2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season|2016–17]] and [[2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season|2017–18]],<ref name=BBC/><ref name=Cricinfo>{{cite news| url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27642855/australia-mentor-ben-sawyer-birmingham-women-team-head-coach-hundred| title= Australia mentor Ben Sawyer to be Birmingham Women's Team Head Coach for The Hundred| work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| date=18 September 2019| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=Cricketer>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/thehundred/ben_sawyer_coach_birmingham_womens_team_the_hundred.html| title= Ben Sawyer to coach Birmingham women's team in The Hundred| magazine=[[The Cricketer]]| date=19 September 2019| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> and were losing finalists in the [[2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season|2015–16]] and [[2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season|2018–19]] WBBL seasons.<ref name=Cricinfo/> He had the highest win percentage of any women's Twenty20 coach.<ref name=Cricinfo/>

Sawyer has also worked as an assistant coach for the Australia women's under-19 team, and for [[New South Wales Breakers]] as a fast bowling coach.<ref name=Aus18>{{cite news| url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ben-sawyer-sydney-sixers-australia-women-southern-stars-world-t20-series-new-zealand/2018-09-24| title= Big Bash coach jumps on to assist Aussies| work=[[Cricket Australia]]| date=24 September 2018| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> Prior to the [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20]], Sawyer was appointed an assistant coach of the [[Australia women's national cricket team]],<ref name=Cricinfo/><ref name=Aus18/> where he focused on fast bowling.<ref name=Cricketer/> He replaced [[Ashley Noffke]] in the role.<ref name=Aus18/> Australian cricketer [[Ellyse Perry]] credited Sawyer as an important figure in helping Australia win the [[Australia women's cricket team in England in 2019|2019 Women's Ashes]].<ref name=Cricinfo/> Sawyer's contract was later extended until the [[2021 Women's Cricket World Cup]].<ref name=Aus20>{{cite news| url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ben-sawyer-nsw-breakers-assistant-coach-australia-world-cup-sydney-sixers/2020-07-09| title= Aussie assistant coach joins NSW Breakers| work=[[Cricket Australia]]| date=9 July 2020| accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> During his tenure as assistant coach, Australia won two [[ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]s and a [[The Women's Ashes|Women's Ashes]] series in England.<ref name=Aus20/>

In 2019, Sawyer was announced as the head coach of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]] women's team [[Birmingham Phoenix]].<ref name=BBC/><ref name=Cricinfo/> The 2020 edition of The Hundred was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]], and so Sawyer took up the role in 2021.<ref name=Aus20/> In 2020, Sawyer became a full-time coach of the New South Wales Breakers. He continued with his part-time Australia coaching role, and as coach of the Sydney Sixers.<ref name=Aus20/> In July 2021, Sawyer was appointed Australia women's first full-time pace bowling coach. As a result, he left his role at NSW Breakers.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/cricket/news/sixers-hunt-for-new-coach-as-sawyer-joins-australia-women/1vfud228c1y4129ji5na252cr| title=Sixers hunt for new coach as Sawyer joins Australia Women| magazine=[[Sporting News]]| date=2 July 2021| accessdate=9 July 2021}}</ref> Initially, Sawyer also announced his resignation from Sydney Sixers, but later agreed to coach them for the [[2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season|2021–22 Women's Big Bash League]], as the schedule for the WBBL did not conflict with any Australia women's international matches.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.sydneysixers.com.au/news/sawyer-to-stay-with-sixers/2021-07-27| title=Sawyer to stay with the Sixers|publisher=[[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]]| date=27 July 2021| accessdate=20 September 2021}}</ref> After the season, he was replaced by [[Charlotte Edwards]] as Sydney Sixers head coach.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/charlotte-edwards-named-new-sydney-sixers-wbbl-coach-1315341| title=Charlotte Edwards named new Sydney Sixers' WBBL coach| publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| date=17 May 2022| accessdate=17 May 2022}}</ref>

In June 2022, Sawyer was appointed head coach of the [[New Zealand women's national cricket team]] ahead of the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/womenscricket/ben_sawyer_appointed_new_zealand_women_head_coach.html| title=Ben Sawyer appointed New Zealand Women head coach| magazine=[[The Cricketer]] |date=6 June 2022| accessdate=9 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ben-sawyer-charged-with-new-zealand-womens-rebuilding-process-as-new-head-coach-1318573| title=Ben Sawyer charged with New Zealand's rebuilding process as new head coach| publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| date=5 June 2022| accessdate=9 June 2022}}</ref> In February 2023, he was named the head coach of [[Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bangalore]] in the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/02/10/england-coach-jon-lewis-set-womens-ipl-role/| title=England coach Jon Lewis set for women's IPL role| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| date=10 February 2023| accessdate=13 February 2023}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Luke Williams (cricketer)|Luke Williams]] for the [[2024 Women's Premier League (cricket)|2024 WPL season]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rcb-set-to-name-luke-williams-as-wpl-head-coach-1399304| title=RCB set to appoint Luke Williams as head coach for WPL| publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]]| date=20 September 2023| accessdate=21 November 2024}}</ref> Following the [[2024 The Hundred season]], his contract with Birmingham Phoenix was not renewed, and he was later replaced by [[Alistair Maiden]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ali-maiden-head-coach-birmingham-phoenix-women-1458901|title=Ali Maiden named head coach of Birmingham Phoenix women|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=8 November 2024|accessdate=9 November 2024}}</ref>

In December 2024, Sawyer's contract with New Zealand was renewed for two years.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ben-sawyer-reappointed-new-zealand-women-head-coach-for-two-years-1464235| title=Ben Sawyer reappointed New Zealand women's head coach for two years| publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=8 December 2024| accessdate=7 July 2025}}</ref>

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[[Category:Australian cricket coaches]]
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[[Category:Sydney Sixers (WBBL)]]
[[Category:New South Wales Breakers]]
[[Category:Birmingham Phoenix]]
[[Category:Coaches of the New Zealand women's national cricket team]]
[[Category:Women's Premier League (cricket) coaches]]