Moore hopes to be retained as coach
West Indies' stand-in coach, David Moore, hopes to be retained by his employers when the current tour of England draws to a close next week
Cricinfo staff
02-Jul-2007
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Moore, who served as assistant to West Indies' former coach, Bennett King, stepped up on a temporary basis when King departed after the World Cup. Despite a disappointing tour, in which West Indies lost three Tests out of four, as well as yesterday's first ODI at Lord's, Moore believes that the current crop of players have the makings of a tight-knit and successful team, and he hopes to be around to bring that to fruition.
"Would I like to play a part in the future? It would be nice to be part of it," said Moore. "You can see some very good things ahead for West Indian cricket. Of course, you look around world cricket and there are some really tremendous coaches around who are unemployed or not coaching for whatever reason. But I think I could do a reasonable job as well."
West Indies have two more matches of the NatWest Series to negotiate, followed by three games in Ireland, and Moore was keen to avoid speculation at least until those contests are over. But the team's next assignment is at the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September, and he hopes still to be involved by then. "There is no timetable," he said. "We spoke about me doing this tour and, if they haven't got anyone else in the meantime, to go to the Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa.
"My passion is cricket and I love cricket coaching and I'd love to be involved with the West Indies," said Moore. "But if it doesn't happen, so be it. I've got my options open. I'm trained to do things and I can do other things if I don't do cricket coaching. I don't have to depend for my whole livelihood on cricket coaching. I've got plenty of things up my sleeve I can earn a buck from."
The post has not been advertised although the former West Indian fast bowler and current Durham stalwart, Ottis Gibson, has expressed an interest in taking over from Moore. Gibson, 38, has been a fast-bowling coach at England's Centre of Excellence for three years and has also worked with the England Under-16 and 19 sides.
"I've already sent in my details to Tony Howard [the WICB's cricket operations manager], and generally outlined how I would go about things if appointed," said Gibson, whose contract with Durham expires in September. "Like every West Indian I'm upset to see how our cricket has gone down in recent times but there's enough talent there."