By Jon Couch

Signed up: Simon Katich is on board in Manchester

FORMER Hampshire and Australia batsman Simon Katich will coach the men’s Manchester-based team for the inaugural season of The Hundred.
Katich, 43, is the first coach to be confirmed for the eight-team cricket tournament, which begins in July 2020.
He will be assisted by current Lancashire head coach Glen Chapple and assistant coach Mark Chilton.
He played 56 Tests for Australia, scoring more than 4,000 runs, before finishing his first-class career at Lancashire in 2013.
Katich brings a wealth of coa...