The Bangladesh Cricket Board is unlikely to take any action against head coach Shane Jurgensen and has rather shifted its focus on Australian batting and fielding coach Corey Richard, the officials said ahead of a crunch Board of Directors meeting today. The emergency meeting was convened to discuss the media rights for which the BCB is set to invite tenders shortly. However, the officials said there is a chance the BCB could discuss the fate of the coaching staff on the sideline of the meeting in the wake of recent debacles in the Asia Cup and the preceding Sri Lanka series.
Head coach Jurgensen is mostly in the media spotlight, but Akram Khan, chairman of the cricket operations committee, said there is little for the Australian to be concerned.
‘Jurgesnsen is with us as far as I know,’ Akram told New Age on Sunday. ‘Rather we have some observations about Corey.’
Corey was primarily appointed as a fielding coach before the BCB made him interim batting coach in February, 2013. The BCB said it was looking for a permanent batting coach, but in the end they were satisfied with Corey, who had some experience as batting coach.
Before joining the BCB, Corey acted as batting coach for New South Wales for two years. He also held the similar position at the Big Bash team Sydney Sixers and IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders.
With the BCB left to search for a new trainer after the sudden resignation of David Dwyer, the BCB officials said they are unlikely to bring a radical change in the team’s coaching set-up.
A section of the BCB officials, however, have already become irritated with Jurgensen for his poor man-management skill that they said led to Bangladesh’s recent downfall.
Jurgensen was initially hailed for his job after succeeding Richard Pybus as head coach so much, that the BCB extended his contract until the World Cup 2015 after the successful home series against New Zealand in October.
However, his limitation was exposed in the recent difficult time with many questioning his skill of taking some under-performing cricketers to task. BCB president Nazmul Hasan met him several times to discuss the issue without finding any meaningful solution.
Ismail Haider, a BCB director, who is widely believed to be the brain behind Nazmul, said they have no plan to remove Jurgensen immediately. ‘We don’t have any reservation about Jurgensen,’ said Mallick. ‘All we want is that every department should be handled by someone with huge experience and this why we are looking for some specialised coaches to assist him.’
-With New Age input
