Gibson leaves WI coaching job

Published August 21, 2014

ST JOHN’S (Antigua): Ottis Gibson has quit as West Indies coach and will be replaced by Richie Richardson on an interim basis for the home series against Bangladesh, the West Indies Cricket Board said.

“Today the West Indies Cricket Board and Mr Ottis Gibson mutually agreed to terminate their association with immediate effect,” the WICB said in a statement.

“On behalf of the Board and West Indies cricket as a whole we express our gratitude to Ottis for his work, particularly in coaching the team to winning the ICC World Twenty20 in 2012, and offer our best wishes to him in all his future endeavours,” WICB chief executive Michael Muirhead said.

Former captain Richardson, currently the team manager, will take the reins against Bangladesh, with the first One-day International match on Wednesday in Grenada.

The move follows changes to the national selection panel earlier this month with former captain Clive Lloyd taking over.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2014

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