The above are the requirements for one of the leading test playing nations. When people talk about bowling coach for Pakistan - the names of Wasim & Waqar automatically come up? In order to compete with the likes of England and to keep pace with others - do any of the ex- Pakistani players meet any of the above requirements? I think they only meet the first 2 requirements.
Mushtaq Ahmed is currently the bowling coach of Pakistan - I wonder if he was to apply for the England job - would he be considered??? More than likely No.
I don't think Wasim & Waqar meet the first requirement as none of them have coached before. And Wasim has clearly resented and resisted having to pass some sort of exam to qualify (condition 3).
Alan Donald conform to all requirements - even number 3.
He now has decided to NOT apply and will try and be the bowling coach for South Africa.
What about some of the West Indies (Ambrose, Walsh, etc.) even if they don't comply with all requirements? We had some West Indies playing in provincial level in South Africa some while back and almost ALL our fast bowlers (when once making the Protea Team) insisted it were their input that made the difference.
Even Kallis and Gibbs say that Desmond Haynes were their mentor.
Allan Donald has withdrawn his application for the vacant England bowling coach position after meeting with South African board officials. Donald’s announcement came after he held talks with Gerald Majola, the board’s CEO, and Vince van der Bijl, its general manager of professional cricket.
The meeting was called by Majola to discuss comments in the media last weekend that Donald, who is employed in CSA’s high performance programme as a specialist bowling coach, that he had applied for the English post.
“I have given much thought to the matter, and have withdrawn my application for the England bowling coach post,” Donald told reporters. "I will rather stay with Cricket South Africa’s high performance programme and throw my full weight behind it.
“My heart lies with South African cricket, and I want to do everything I can in the effort to make us the best in the world. I will also be writing to the board of Cricket South Africa to apologise for making a public statement about my England application before discussing the matter with CSA. I want to put the whole matter behind me, and carry on working with the high performance structures in South Africa”.
“Vince and I had a full and frank discussion with Allan,” Majola said. "**We are delighted that he has decided to stay with South African cricket, and build the game here for the future. Allan was one of the South Africa’s greatest bowlers and we regard him as a national asset. **
"We recruited him into our high performance programme as soon as it was possible after he stopped playing international and domestic cricket. He will continue working in the high performance programme as a specialist bowling coach in terms of a two-year contract, renewable after the next World Cup in 2007.
“His tasks are to identify and groom promising young fast bowlers, and to assist established bowlers should they lose form. Allan will also be available on request to assist the national team.”
Donald had emerged as the favourite to replace Troy Cooley, who finishes as England’s bowling coach in May, after the India tour. With Donald out of the way, others being linked with the vacancy include Phil DeFreitas, Mike Watkinson, Steve Watkin, Kevin Shine and Andy Pick, although the ECB wouldn’t confirm exactly who had applied.
“We wouldn’t comment on any application for roles at the ECB,” their media relations manager Andrew Walpole told Cricinfo. “Interviews will be taking place shortly and we would hope to be in a position to make an announcement during England’s tour in India.”
SOURCE: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/234681.html
*PCB should learn something from Cricket South Africa who wanted Donald to stay in South Africa. PCB, on the other hand never even showed a serious interest in hiring the 2 W’s. I know I know people will say that waqar and wasim have got no coaching qualification. I willl be interested in knowing coachning qualification Donald has or Mushtaq Ahmed (the no:1 choice over wasim and waqar). *