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[New Zealand], Christchurch According to ESPNcricinfo, former New Zealand cricket coach David Trist, who guided his side to victory in the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy—now known as the Champions Trophy—died at the age of 77.

After playing for Canterbury for 14 years as a fast bowler, Trist moved into teaching. After coaching in Canterbury, South Africa, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands, he succeeded Steve Rixon as coach of the New Zealand national team in 1999.

Trist was instrumental in winning New Zealand’s first major ICC championship, despite his brief two-year stay. Chris Cairns led the chase with an undefeated century as the side defeated India by four wickets in the final in Nairobi under his leadership. New Zealand cricket made history with the win, which was followed by their victory in the 2021 World Test Championship.

In a 2017 interview with ESPNcricinfo, Trist said, “Cairns was outstanding, and played an innings that he will remember forever, because it was the winning of the game.”

However, we felt that we had to and could accomplish it. Even if there were obviously moments of worry due to early wicket losses and one or two other batters not performing up to par, that was the general vibe in the dressing room,” he said, quoting ESPNcricinfo.

However, given that it won essentially the only trophy New Zealand has ever won, Cairns’ innings was among his best, if not his best. You could lose the game to him. In addition to being a powerful hitter, he had excellent technical skills. Fast bowling didn’t disturb him, and he was confident against spin,” he said.

“I believe the Indians went from thinking, ‘We’ve won this,’ to saying, ‘Oh shit!'” in the later part of that innings. Naturally, Chris went on to get a hundred. It was a tremendous innings, and maybe one of the most significant ones for New Zealand that we have seen,” he said.

In the first place, I think it was enjoyable for the players, and it was a memorable occasion for New Zealand. He reflected on the title, where New Zealand defeated Pakistan and Zimbabwe before playing India. “Even though it was only three matches, they were very testing: Zimbabwe in Africa, and then us as underdogs beating two of the powerhouses of world cricket on a fair and equal environment – we caused one of the bigger upsets in one-day cricket finals,” he said.

After serving with the national team, Trist remained involved in the sport as the coaching director of the Old Collegians Cricket Club in Christchurch. Additionally, he began tutoring in England and India.

“NZC is very sorry to announce the death of former Blackcaps coach David Trist, who passed away yesterday at the age of 77 in Christchurch. In a social media post, New Zealand Cricket expressed its deepest sympathies to David’s family and friends.