the close of the 2002–03 season, Wright was selected again to play for Australia A, as they hosted South Africa A. In three 50-over matches, he claimed three wickets, but was more impressive in the three-day match, in which he claimed seven wickets in a draw. In 2003, Wright played a few games for Northamptonshire, playing two County Championship matches, and four one-day games, two of which came against the touring Pakistanis and South Africans. Returning to Australia for the following season, Wright enjoyed success in his early season first-class games, claiming match figures of 5/117, 7/136 and 7/63 as Tasmania won two and drew of their first three Pura Cup matches of the summer. In December of that season, he was selected to play for the Australia A side in a three-day match against India, and claimed a wicket in each innings of the drawn match. He performed well in the back-to-back matches against South Australia in January, taking 4/51 in the ING Cup defeat, and then claimed his second five-wicket haul in the Pura Cup match, taking 5/43 in the second-innings to help Tasmania win by 213 runs. He followed this up with three wickets in each innings against Queensland, In the final three matches of the season, Wright failed to continue his wicket-taking form, and claimed three wickets between them, to finish the season with 37 Pura Cup wickets, the second-most in the competition. Later career His prolific season in 2004–05 drew the attention of English county sides and he moved to Northamptonshire for the following English summer, however a stress fracture to his back cut his overseas experience short, and has limited his availability for Tasmania as well. He signed with Somerset for the first four weeks of the 2010 season, while their main overseas player, Murali Kartik was playing in the IPL. He played for the Wellington Firebirds in their 20/20 HRV cup in New Zealand, (2010) Coaching career After a stint as a bowling coach for New Zealand, Damien returned to Melbourne to coach the Melbourne Stars in 2012 then got an offer from Hobart to be the coach of the Hobart Hurricanes in 2013. In 2018, Wright was appointed Head Coach of the Bangladesh under-19 team and led his side in the U-19 World Cup. In March 2021, Wright was appointed as the bowling coach of Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2021. References