Full name Shaun Geoffrey Williams
Born January 16, 1970, Bendigo, Victoria
Current age 39 years 314 days
Major teams Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Victoria Institute of Sport, Victoria Second XI, Victoria Under-17s
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Coach
Shaun Williams was a left-hand opening batsman who bowled right-arm offspin with a formidable record in Darwin A-grade cricket where he scored 3110 runs at 46.42 and took 123 wickets at 16.15. He also played for Victoria 2nd XI and Northern Territories. He went to Bangladesh as game development manager before playing a key role as coach of the successful under-19 team and then the A team. In June 2007, following the resignation of Dav Whatmore, he was appointed as coach to the national team when they toured Sri Lanka. He went on to assist fellow Australian Jamie Siddons when he took over as coach in September the same year.
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