Allrounder Ben Stokes will reportedly be introduced as the following England Test captain within the subsequent couple of days following a fruitful assembly with new England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) managing director Rob Key on Tuesday.
Key may verify the announcement as early as Thursday when he’ll face the media at Lord’s for the primary time since his appointment because the managing director. His subsequent massive problem shall be discovering the following England staff head coach for the pink and white-ball codecs.
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Root stepped down as England Test captain earlier this month following disastrous excursions of Australia and West Indies resulting in requires his sacking.
Meanwhile, ECB seems to be set to return to a break up teaching set-up after inviting functions for 2 new head coaches, following Chris Silverwood’s resignation.
Silverwood resigned in February within the aftermath of the staff’s 4-0 Ashes check collection defeat in Australia, with Paul Collingwood named the interim coach.
British media has linked former India head coach Gary Kirsten with the England job, whereas Collingwood can also be thought-about to be a number one candidate. Kirsten is at present in India for the IPL 2022 the place he’s contracted with the Gujarat Titans as their head coach for the continued season.
The deadline for functions is May 6.
The appointment of the brand new coaches is the most recent step in a shake-up of the ECB’s administration construction, with former England batter Rob being appointed because the managing director of the nation’s males’s cricket staff earlier this month.
Key’s appointment got here two days after Root stepped away after overseeing just one victory in England’s final 17 Tests.
The final time England had separate coaches for red-ball and white-ball cricket was between 2012 and 2014, when Andy Flower was check coach whereas Ashley Giles led the one-day worldwide and Twenty20 worldwide groups.
”The head coaches will report back to Robert Key, the managing director of England males’s cricket, and could have general duty for the efficiency and administration of the England males’s staff within the related codecs lined by the roles,” the commercial stated.
With Reuters Inputs
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