The 47-year-old is based in Orlando in Florida and is currently head coach of the Caribbean Premier League side Jamaica Tallawahs.

Chanderpaul's new role has started immediately, with the US women's under-19 team departing for the Caribbean yesterday for the Cricket West Indies Under-19 Rising Stars T20 Championship, due to start in Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow and conclude on July 13.

Chanderpaul's international career spanned more than 20 years.

In 454 internationals, he scored 20,988 runs at an average of 45.72, which included 41 centuries and 125 half-centuries.

He is also one of the only two West Indies batters to score more than 10,000 Test runs.

"I am excited to have been appointed as the head coach of the USA national women’s team and women’s under-19 team," Chanderpaul said.

"The women’s game is something I am a huge advocate of, and I have followed the progress of the USA women’s national team with keen interest.

"I’ve enjoyed being involved in American cricket over the years as a resident of Orlando, so to be given this opportunity to become the head coach for USA Cricket is an incredible one.

"I’m really looking forward to using my 20-plus years of international cricket and my recent coaching experiences, to help the women’s teams progress to World Cups in years to come, particularly the inaugural Under-19 Cricket World Cup in January."

USA Cricket operations director Richard Done hopes Chanderpaul can pass on his experience to help the two teams develop.

"We are thrilled to have attracted someone of Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s calibre to work with both the women’s senior and under-19 teams as women’s head coach, and lead them onto the global stage," he said.

"We have an exciting crop of young cricketers, of which many are already making their mark at senior level.

"Combining the two roles will provide coaching consistency across teams for those players as they develop."