England should not hurry Gibson replacement
Bob Willis is of the opinion that England should be in no hurry to find a replacement for former bowling coach Ottis Gibson who has resigned to join the West Indies team
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
Bob Willis is of the opinion that England should be in no hurry to find a replacement for former bowling coach Ottis Gibson who has resigned to join the West Indies team. Writing in Skysports.com, he believes that this gives the England think-tank an opportunity to reassess the structure of their “hopelessly top-heavy” back-up staff. He recommends Darren Gough and Allan Donald as potential stop-gap replacements.
I've got great respect for Darren Gough after what he did during his England career and perhaps he'd fit the bill if he's back on the cricketing track rather than the celebrity one. If Gough is happy to fill the role part-time, that's the way I might do it short-term.
Allan Donald's name has also been mentioned and, of course, he has a definite advantage over someone like Ian Pont or Kevin Shine, who was shoe-horned into the job in 2006, in the sense that he has been there and done it at the highest level.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo