Amid the worldwide shutdown caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, former Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has on Wednesday (May 27) suggested that a ‘split coaching’ given a hectic schedule throughout the calendar year.
Lehmann believes it is high time that the cricket world should adopt split coaching in order to balance work and family, as well as, increase the longevity of their coaches.
Read Also: Cricket Australia locks in venues for India tour; Brisbane to host the first Test
All the cricket playing nations, especially top teams have to endure a grueling season throughout the calendar year, which causes a lot of pressure on a single coach mentoring the team across all three formats of the game, and Lehmann said different coaches for different formats is the need of the hour.
Indian Team is among the busiest teams in the world cricket and the former Australian coach also said they must adopt the split coaching while pointing out that it is difficult for the coaches to be always traveling with the team and take necessary breaks and spend time with family due to the tight schedule.
Currently, India head coach Ravi Shastri takes care of all the three forms of the game with the assistant coaches.
Talking alongside former England World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss on BBC's 'Tuffers and Vaughan Show', Lehmann said: “I think split coaches is the way to go in India as well as here. You just can’t be away for 200 days a year. It’s too much for the family and it’s too much pressure on a single coach. I think to get longevity out of your coaches you have to have split roles.”
Read Also: Indian cricket fraternity wishes head coach Ravi Shastri a very happy 58th birthday
He added, “It might be a white ball or red-ball cricket. You have to see how that works. I see evolving and maybe the stage they start talking to the players on the ground but that’s probably way off.”
Meanwhile, Bayliss has named England's white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan when he was asked who amongst a current lot of players could become a good coach, while Lehmann picked Brad Haddin, saying: “I'd go with Brad Haddin who has been gold. He loves the game and I think he'll do very well.”
Former England coach said, “Morgs is a deep thinker. He has certainly got the player's respect and as a coach. And as a coach, you definitely need that to get on. What he did for the white-ball team over the last five years has been outstanding. I'm sure if he wanted to go into that he'd make a pretty good.”
The 2019 World Cup-winning coach also said he would not coach an international team again. He signed off by saying, “I was pretty much away from the family 12 months a year and that does take its toll after a while. I've had my turn and I hope someone else can be as lucky as I've been.”
(With BBC Inputs)
