Former West Indies’ head coach Phil Simmons. Associated
Press / Arnulfo Franco, File
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Simmons, Haynes in line for
Windies coaching job
By Azad Ali
Former head coach Phil Simmons,
batting legend Desmond
Haynes and current interim
coach Floyd Reifer have been
short-listed to be the next fulltime
head coach of the West
Indies.
Cricket West Indies said on
Wednesday that Simmons, Haynes
and Reifer emerged from a
list of six candidates that took
part in the initial interview process
which concluded on Monday.
There will now be a final round
of interviews to be completed by
Oct. 11.
A CWI panel comprising
Dr. Kishore Shallow, who is
chairman of the CWI’s human
resource committee, CWI director
of cricket, Jimmy Adams,
Debra Coryat-Patton and England
based coaching educator,
Gordon Lord conducted interviews
with the three former
West Indies players and other
candidates.
Simmons, a former West
Indies opener, was head coach
for close to two years which
time West Indies won the World
Twenty20 title in 2016, However,
he was fired in September
2016 following differences with
the leadership of CWI — but
was scooped up by Afghanistan
and guided the side to the 2019
World Cup in England.
Haynes, a former West Indies
captain and was half of the
opening partnership in the history
of the international game
with Gordon Greenidge had previously
expressed interest in the
position.
He also held the post of batting
consultant briefly when
Ottis Gibson was head coach.
Haynes brings the wealth of
experience in his playing career
in which he scored 7,487 runs in
116 Tests and 8,648 runs in 258
One-Day Internationals (ODI)
between l978 and 1994.
Reifer was appointed interim
coach when Ricky Skeritt took
over as CWI president in March
this year.
West Indies batting legend Desmond Haynes.
Associated Press / Andres Leighton
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