Former India captain and coach Anil Kumble believes that having completely different squads for limited overs and Test matches is the best way for the teams to progress in international cricket. The roaring success of England in all formats has sparked debate among different teams and coaches in white and red-ball cricket.
England’s Test coach is Brendon McCullum, and their white-ball coach is Matthew Mott.
“Definitely, you need separate teams. You need, certainly, T20 specialists. I think what this English team has shown and even the last (T20) World Cup champions Australia have shown is that you need to invest in a lot of allrounders. Look at the batting order,” Kumble told ESPNcricinfo.
“Today Liam Livingstone is batting at No.7. No other team has a No.7 of the quality of Livingstone. (Marcus) Stoinis walks in at No.6 (for Australia). That’s the kind of team you have to build. That’s something that you need to invest in.”
“I’m not really sure whether you need a different captain or a different coach. It all depends on what team you are going to pick and then choose how you want to build the support and the leadership around it,” he added.
I think there is no doubt: Tom Moody
Former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody also believes international teams should seriously consider splitting coaches. “I think there is no doubt that moving forward, whether it be player or support management, there needs to be a serious look into that separation,” he said.
“It seems England have quite a considerable difference between their red-ball squad and their white-ball squad. They’ve created a depth of quality,” Moody told the cricket website after England won their second T20 World Cup title.
“With regards to England being the best white-ball team (of all time), I don’t think they’re there yet. If they had won in the UAE at the last T20 World Cup, you could base an argument, but they weren’t there in that one. So they’ve missed a World Cup there. They’ve missed that sort of dominance of a cycle,” he added.
