Former India and South Africa coach Gary Kirsten has expressed curiosity in teaching England’s Test aspect, saying it might be a “lovely project ” to revive the fortunes of Joe Root and his males.
Current head coach Chris Silverwood’s job hangs in steadiness as England’s Ashes hopes went up in smoke in 12 days after Australia retained the Urn with an innings and 14-run win in simply two days and a session within the Boxing Day Test earlier this week.
Kirsten had guided India to No.1 within the Test rankings for the primary time in December 2009, simply over a 12 months after taking on. He later achieved the identical feat with South Africa.
“Listen, it (the England job) is all the time a consideration as a result of it’s an incredible honour,’ Kirsten instructed the ‘I News’.
This is just not the primary time the South African has expressed curiosity within the job, Kirsten was the frontrunner to turn into England’s coach twice earlier than.
“I’ve walked this journey twice now (when England recruited new coaches in 2015 and 2019) and I’ve all the time made it clear that I’d by no means decide to doing all codecs.
“And when international cricket boards get their head around the fact that they need to split coaching roles, then it becomes a consideration,” he added.
The World Cup-winning coach hailed England’s 50-over arrange as one of the best on the planet however stated the red-ball aspect, which has misplaced a file 9 video games in a calendar 12 months in 2021, has lagged behind.
“Working with a Test aspect, or working with an ODI aspect is nice. Listen, the England ODI aspect is set-up, you’re one of the best ODI aspect on the planet in the intervening time.
“It’s a challenge that has been well-thought out. You’ve bought consistency within the gamers which have been picked.
“Your Test side has battled for a while but it would be a really lovely project to get that going.” The 54-year-old feels one format bears the brunt as groups juggle with a number of codecs.
“Interestingly, when I finished with India and I joined South Africa, we just looked at it and said ‘our priority has to be Test match cricket’. I actually said to the CEO of Cricket South Africa that I was happy to just do the Test side because I felt it should be the No 1 side in the world.”
“It had all of the credentials to do this. The challenge is that the completely different codecs have the potential to cannibalise groups. You focus an excessive amount of consideration on one format and the opposite format takes the hit. It’s not straightforward to get every thing proper.
“Look at Australia, they’re now using a lot of players across the different formats.” Kirsten has avoided teaching a world workforce since 2013. He labored with the Welsh Fire within the Hundred earlier this 12 months.
“It (England) is an attention-grabbing one. I believe it’s an excellent challenge for somebody to return in and take that Test aspect on. There’s loads that must be put in place to construct this Test workforce out.
