Re: Next England coach - place your bets
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:25 pmhttps://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... silverwood
The headline is a bit misleading, of course winning The Ashes is top priority but so is the Twenty20 World Cup and a test series in India. Winning or even drawing a test series in India would be as big of an achievement as winning The Ashes down under.
Silverwood appears to be happy in tapping into the expertise of his colleagues, which is a sign of quality man-management and interpersonal skills. Getting Paul Collingwood on the staff is very significant and gives an element of continuity in England's white ball success.
England's success will boil down to preparation and that was a main weakness in the Bayliss and Strauss era. You just can't prepare for an Ashes series on the back of playing white ball cricket, or go on a tour to India with no warm up matches. The ECB also need to apply joined up thinking when it comes to scheduling domestic matches and align them with the international games. For example, there is no County Championship cricket in the 2nd half of July prior to the opening test match against Pakistan on 30th July because The Hundred starts on the 17th. Surely there needs to be at least one round of County Championship matches so test players can get some time at the crease, as opposed to coming off playing limited overs internationals.
The headline is a bit misleading, of course winning The Ashes is top priority but so is the Twenty20 World Cup and a test series in India. Winning or even drawing a test series in India would be as big of an achievement as winning The Ashes down under.
Silverwood appears to be happy in tapping into the expertise of his colleagues, which is a sign of quality man-management and interpersonal skills. Getting Paul Collingwood on the staff is very significant and gives an element of continuity in England's white ball success.
England's success will boil down to preparation and that was a main weakness in the Bayliss and Strauss era. You just can't prepare for an Ashes series on the back of playing white ball cricket, or go on a tour to India with no warm up matches. The ECB also need to apply joined up thinking when it comes to scheduling domestic matches and align them with the international games. For example, there is no County Championship cricket in the 2nd half of July prior to the opening test match against Pakistan on 30th July because The Hundred starts on the 17th. Surely there needs to be at least one round of County Championship matches so test players can get some time at the crease, as opposed to coming off playing limited overs internationals.
