Mumbai Indians appoints Kristen Beams as spin-bowling coach

Women’s Premier League (WPL) defending champion Mumbai Indians (MI) has named former Australia leg-spinner Kristen Beams as its spin-bowling coach for the upcoming season.

The 41-year-old represented Australia in all three formats from 2014 to 2017. She will join head coach Lisa Keightley, bowling coach and mentor Jhulan Goswami, batting coach Devika Palshikar and fielding coach Nicole Bolton in the MI support staff.

Beams played one Test, 30 ODIs and 18 T20Is for Australia and turned out for Melbourne Stars in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

She then turned to coaching in the WBBL, the Hundred and the Australia Under-19 women’s team.

“It’s an incredible opportunity to work with someone like a Jhulan Goswami, one of the greats of the game, somebody I played cricket against,” Beams said in MI’s Instagram post.

“[It’s an] incredible culture…that they’ve developed a winning culture over a really long period of time, but a family that’s what you hear everyone talk about that this group is so tight-knit, and it’s a family and it’s what you want to be a part of. And I think as a coach coming in, that’s exactly what you want to be able to do, is to walk into an environment that feels really tight-knit, and a team that knows how to win,” said the Australian after joining the two-time WPL champion.

Published on Dec 29, 2025