KING TO LEAVE WICB
West Indies Cricket Coach Bennett King could be on his way out .
King has been listed as one of the main candidates to replace John Buchanan as coach of the Australian team.
Buchanan, the most successful coach in the history of the game, said recently he would be stepping down after the 2007 International Cricket Council World Cup (CWC) to be played in the West Indies.
Yesterday, King's name was put forward in the list of five candidates. The early favourites for the job are Tim Nielsen, the current Australian Centre of Excellence mentor, and Tom Moody, the former Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach.
The others are Greg Chappell, the legendary Test batsman who is now coaching India, and Steve Rixon, the former Test wicket-keeper who was once in charge of New Zealand.
Earlier this week, however, King said he was looking to see out his contract with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which expires in November 2007.
"My contract is until November 2007 so I will be looking to get to that point," he said before the team left for Malaysia where they will face Australia and India in the DLF Cup.
"I have been given the opportunity to work with these players and that puts a real big smile on my face. The times together with these players are the times I cherish the most.
"It's just a shame we can't do what other countries can do and get together more often, but that's life, how it is here, at the present."
Since taking up the job in November 2004, King has had an unsettled team, with several disputes between the WICB and the West Indies Players' Association causing problems, and King's stint in the job so far has been rocky with the team languishing at No. 8 in the ten-Test team rankings and seventh in the One-Day table. King was first given the West Indies job in April 2003 but turned it down and returned 16 months later.
Meanwhile, Mark Taylor, the former Test captain, has bean named as chairman of a five-man committee that will recommend the coach to follow Buchanan's seven-year reign.
"The recommendation of a replacement coach will be one of the most important decisions Cricket Australia needs to make in the next 12 months, especially given the benchmark set by John Buchanan," Taylor was quoted in the Australian media.
"The committee will discuss in the next few weeks the process it will use and the criteria it will set for the appointment."
King has been listed as one of the main candidates to replace John Buchanan as coach of the Australian team.
Buchanan, the most successful coach in the history of the game, said recently he would be stepping down after the 2007 International Cricket Council World Cup (CWC) to be played in the West Indies.
Yesterday, King's name was put forward in the list of five candidates. The early favourites for the job are Tim Nielsen, the current Australian Centre of Excellence mentor, and Tom Moody, the former Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach.
The others are Greg Chappell, the legendary Test batsman who is now coaching India, and Steve Rixon, the former Test wicket-keeper who was once in charge of New Zealand.
Earlier this week, however, King said he was looking to see out his contract with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which expires in November 2007.
"My contract is until November 2007 so I will be looking to get to that point," he said before the team left for Malaysia where they will face Australia and India in the DLF Cup.
"I have been given the opportunity to work with these players and that puts a real big smile on my face. The times together with these players are the times I cherish the most.
"It's just a shame we can't do what other countries can do and get together more often, but that's life, how it is here, at the present."
Since taking up the job in November 2004, King has had an unsettled team, with several disputes between the WICB and the West Indies Players' Association causing problems, and King's stint in the job so far has been rocky with the team languishing at No. 8 in the ten-Test team rankings and seventh in the One-Day table. King was first given the West Indies job in April 2003 but turned it down and returned 16 months later.
Meanwhile, Mark Taylor, the former Test captain, has bean named as chairman of a five-man committee that will recommend the coach to follow Buchanan's seven-year reign.
"The recommendation of a replacement coach will be one of the most important decisions Cricket Australia needs to make in the next 12 months, especially given the benchmark set by John Buchanan," Taylor was quoted in the Australian media.
"The committee will discuss in the next few weeks the process it will use and the criteria it will set for the appointment."
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