Asian dilemma

Asia’s headhunt for cricket coaches is getting curious and curious by the day.

It is by a strange coincidence that one finds the four leading cricket nations in the subcontinent India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a situation where they are all on the search for a suitable foreign cricket coach for their respective national cricket teams.

Among the four coaches who quit their jobs Whatmore has the best credentials. He was the only coach to guide a team to win the World Cup.

He achieved it in his initial stint as coach with the Sri Lanka team in 1996. His instant success proved a successful formula for other Asian countries to emulate.

In his second assignment with Sri Lanka three years later he took them to the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2003.

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