Gary Kirsten Expresses Interest in England Test Team Coaching Role, Twitter Divided by Idea

• Gary Kirsten is keen to coach the English cricket team as long as he focuses on the test format of the game only
• England's test squad are currently going through a rough patch after already losing the Ashes to Australia
• Social media remains divided by the idea with some Twitter users believing that the team should have one coach for all formats

Legendary South African batsman Gary Kirsten has expressed English interest in coaching the English cricket team, but only the test squad.

The English test team are facing a whitewash series defeat in the Ashes against Australia and are currently seventh in the World Test Championship rankings.

Supersport reported that Kirsten would be keen to coach the English cricket team as long as he could only focus on red-ball cricket. The current coach of England, Chris Silverwood, finds himself in hot water as the test team go through a terrible run of form.

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During his spells as coach of India and South Africa, Kirsten took both teams to the top of the test rankings. When expressing his interest in the England job he added that it would be a lovely project to work with the test team and get them back on track, ESPN CricInfo reported.

Despite his impressive credentials as a coach, there are some who doubt that having two coaches for two different formats would work.

@saxty22

"Conflict of interests for both coaches, won’t work, will be in the same place in three years time."

@AgasheSourabh

"Need one coach for ODIs and tests. 2 captions, two coaches, three formats, sort of same players playing everywhere. Its too much complicated."

@Danny3point0

"Doesn’t matter who you bring in as they have to deal with batsmen who can’t bat and that’s a generational issue now."

Others were in favour of the idea, thinking that Kirsten could be the one to turn things around for England.

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@bkyardgardener

"Great idea, Kirsten would shake it up and bring a tough brand of cricket to the red ball side, no more excuses for inept performances and create strong willed test players. Let the white ball set up have a different coach."

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