Marsh to prepare action plan for India
NEW DELHI - Former Australian coach Geoff Marsh has been asked to put forward a plan to improve India's domestic cricket
AAP
23-Jan-2001
NEW DELHI - Former Australian coach Geoff Marsh has been asked to put
forward a plan to improve India's domestic cricket.
"We wanted to have outside opinion. He has been coach, he has the
background. We thought of picking his brain," Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) president A.C. Muthiah told reporters. The plan is due by
the end of March.
Marsh was appointed consultant to the Indian board last month after he
pulled out of the race for the coach's job.
Muthiah said the board had decided not to consider for national selection
players who skip domestic competitions without giving proper reasons.
This was to ensure that all top players take part in domestic tournaments to
add competitive value to the matches.
The BCCI appointed former New Zealand skipper John Wright as the Indian
team's first foreign coach late last year and named former Australian
wicket-keeper Rodney Marsh as a consultant for the board's National Cricket
Academy.
Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar said recently the BCCI should have
considered former Indian players before giving the job to Marsh.
Muthiah said Gavaskar, who heads the board's technical committee, wanted the
BCCI to clarify Marsh's role.
"Gavaskar wanted to know the role of Geoff Marsh. We explained it to him. In
no way will it impinge on the authority of the technical committee," Muthiah
said.