Marsh's priority is to coach coaches

Former Australian coach Geoff Marsh, the consultant for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said that his priority was to coach the coaches in India.

Marsh, in Bangalore on a day's visit, was all praise for the available talent in the country and said it was good that everything is centralised in respect of the national academy with good facilities.

The Australian, who was appointed consultant by the BCCI recently when New Zealander John Wright was selected as the coach of the senior team, said "I will be holding a coaches seminar in Bangalore in February next year."

Marsh will be holding discussions with BCCI officials in Mumbai to finalise the changes in the domestic cricket calender. During the meeting, Marsh said, he would discuss and finalise matters relating to the state of the pitches in India and umpiring standards.

The former Australian opening batsman said "please do not expect results overnight. I propose to produce results in the next 12 months."

Marsh, 40, said he had discussions with John Wright in Mumbai on the strengths and weaknesses of the Indian team. He explained that since Wright is touring with the senior team, he would concentrate on the India 'A' and other junior level cricket in India.

The boys in India are talented and they need to be picked at the right time for the right coaching, Marsh said, adding that he plans to spend 12 weeks in an year and would extend the periodicity at the behest of the BCCI.