West Indies have captain options - King

Bennett King, the coach of West Indies, says there are several players who can take up the mantle of captaincy of the national team.

Speaking on the heels of Shivnarine Chanderpaul's resignation, King pointed to players like Sylvester Joseph, the A-team captain, as possible candidates for the job.

"There are a number of players I suppose in the side that have got reasonable experience, having been around international cricket for quite some time. There are some people," King told the Antigua Sun. "I thought Sylvester Joseph did a very good job with the West Indies A side as well. But certainly the players that we have got and the help that is surrounding them, I think there is always room for development and improvement."

King pointed out that leadership was an area in West Indies cricket which needed to be addressed. "Certainly leadership is one of those areas that I think the West Indies need to take a good look at as well," he said. "It is an area in our cricket which we need to try to nurture and develop, and great leaders just don't fall out of trees. They come along every now and then and if they are backed up with a very good team, people automatically think that he is a very good leader, but that is not always the case either."

He said that even though an individual leader was important, the entire team needed to be responsible for the leadership of the side. "You want more people contributing to the total development of the side. I think Utopia for a sporting team is a side in which players take complete ownership and coaches aren't necessarily required any more," he said. "Moving forward I think that is what any coach would want - for the players to be the ones who ultimately run the entire show. I think in the past it has been proven in certain sporting teams. The best sides are the ones that are self-driven."

The West Indies Cricket Board are expected to announce a new captain shortly.