Aaron Hamilton (born 1978/79) is an Australian

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coach, who was most recently the head coach of

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Career

Hamilton is a Level Three

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coach, and he spent seven years as a coach with the

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, including being the assistant and bowling coach of

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. In 2010, Hamilton was invited to speak at a Cricket Indonesia conference. In February 2015, Hamilton was appointed head coach of the

, taking over from former Ireland men's international

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. His first tournament as coach was the

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; Ireland won the tournament after beating Thailand on the last ball of a match, and thus qualified for the

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. Hamilton introduced a Super 3's Irish domestic cricket tournament. In 2017, Hamilton signed a three-year contract extension. In June 2019, Hamilton left the role by mutual consent, and moved back to Australia.

References

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