Warne looks to life after Buchanan
Shane Warne wants Australia's next cricket coach to have international playing experience to bring on the country's new generation of players
Cricinfo staff
29-Aug-2006
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On Monday John Buchanan announced he would be ending his seven-year tenure as coach at the end of the World Cup in April. Warne, whose relationship with Buchanan was often strained, said he saw an opportunity for Australia to employ a coach with a Test-playing background.
"I don't have a preference, but I would like to see someone in the job who has international playing experience and understands actually what the guys are going through," Warne said during the squad's camp at Coolum, adding the role should be more of a manager than a coach.
"We've gone through a stage where someone like John Buchanan thinks outside the box," he said in a clear swipe at some of Buchanan's less conventional methods. "Now we need a coach who has a cricket background. You need someone to reinforce some of the stuff that got you there in the first place, to make sure that you are doing that day in and day out.
"Australian cricket is about to go through a transition stage where a lot of us will be leaving the team for one reason or another in the next couple of years. There will be lots of younger players coming through, so it will be nice to have someone who has played at international level to help teach the younger guys what the game is about because we are going to lose a few of the senior players."
Cricket Australia said the process of finding a successor to Buchanan would start next month, and those already tipped to be among the favourites are Tom Moody (Sri Lanka), Tim Nielsen (Australia's centre of excellence), Greg Chappell (India) and Dav Whatmore (Bangladesh).