The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed James Pamment as the national team's fielding coach.

The 56-year-old will join the squad prior to the Test series against Zimbabwe later this month. He was born in England but is settled in New Zealand, where he played first-class cricket for Auckland. He will be with the Bangladesh team until the ICC ODI World Cup in October–November 2027.

Pamment had worked with the Mumbai Indians franchise as an assistant coach with special emphasis on fielding and running between the wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL), having joined the team in 2018.

He also served as the head coach of the Northern District Cricket Association in New Zealand for five years. As a High Performance coach for New Zealand Cricket (NZC), Pamment worked as a fielding resource coach and specialist technical advisor for the New Zealand, New Zealand A, and the New Zealand Under-19 teams. He was New Zealand's assistant coach during the home series against Pakistan in 2011. He has also briefly performed the role of interim coach for the USA team.

On his new appointment, Pamment said: "I am really excited about the opportunity to get involved with a very talented Bangladesh side. I am eagerly looking forward to joining the players and the backroom staff ahead of the Zimbabwe series."