England Tour of WI – Chris Silverwood facing SACK? As expected, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is all set to sack England cricket team coach Chris Silverwood. The ECB board will meet on Tuesday to discuss the fall-out from a disastrous Australian tour. According to reports coming in from UK Media, former England wicket-keeper Alec Stewart will be given the interim charge for the England tour to West Indies: Follow Cricket News LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
Silverwood and team director Ashley Giles last week submitted a report on the Ashes debacle to former England captain Andrew Strauss.
Strauss now holds their fate in his hands as chair of the ECB performance cricket committee & is set to axe Silverwoord from the coaching role.
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England Tour of WI: ECB set to sack coach Chris Silverwood after ‘ASHES MISERY’, Alec Stewart likely to take interim charge: Follow LIVE Updates
Chris Silverwood facing SACK – England Ashes Humiliation: Joe Root led England suffered 4-0 humiliation in the Ashes. The pounding at the hands of Australian cricket team will now prove costly for the coaching staff.
Along with Chris Silverwood, assistant coach Graham Thorpe is also the likeliest casualty according to a report by The Daily Mail. Joe Root had called for the red-ball ‘re-set’ in English cricket & it seems ECB will start with changing the coaching staff for the England team set-up.
England Tour of WI – Who can take Silverwood’s place? According to the report, if the head coach is removed Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart will take the interim charge of the three-Test tour to the Caribbean in March.
MATCH SCHEDULE
Apex Test Series, West Indies v England (10am local time/9am Jamaica Time)
- March 8-12: 1st Apex Test at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
- March 16-20: 2nd Apex Test at Kensington Oval, Barbados
- March 24-28: 3rd Apex Test at Grenada National Stadium, Grenada
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