Marcus Trescothick undecided on England’s white-ball head coach role, admits ‘not thinking any further’

Former England opener and one of their assistant coaches, Marcus Trescothick, admits being undecided over considering the white-ball head coach role. In the absence of Matthew Mott - former ODI and T20I head coach, who parted ways following the recently concluded T20 World Cup in the Americas, Marcus will be England’s interim coach for the white-ball series against Australia starting next month.

Marcus is working with England’s Test side for their ongoing home series against Sri Lanka, and although he admits to enjoying his role while planning for the upcoming series, Marcus hasn’t sat and thought about pouncing on the opportunity to become England’s white-ball head coach.

Meanwhile, because of the tight scheduling, where England will play their first T20I against Australia on September 11 in Southampton – just a day after England and Sri Lanka’s scheduled close of play on the fifth day of their third and final Test at the Kia Oval, Marcus will leave the Test set up after the second game to linkup with the white-ball squad.

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“It's not something I'd ever thought about before until I got this opportunity now,” Trescothick said. “I'm not necessarily thinking any further ahead than the end of the Australia series. I've been very much focused on the job we're doing here [with the Test team].

“You plan your winter: we're off to Pakistan, then New Zealand. I'm so ingrained in that at the moment, I've not really sat down and said, 'Right, this is where I'll try to go, this is what I'll try to do'. I'm looking forward to the opportunity, for sure. I'm really excited about doing the job. We'll work it out a little bit more from there,” he continued.

ECB has a decision to make

The ECB is yet to advertise the white-ball head coach role vacated by Mott, and Marcus could become the lead contender if England does well against Australia at home.

Besides, his former teammate Andrew Flintoff is also in the race to become their white-ball coach, although chances of that are lesser because he hasn’t ‘gelled’ with Jos Buttler, per a report in the Telegraph.

Outside of these two, another contender for the head coach role is former Sri Lanka captain and batting great Kumar Sangakkara, who is yet to confirm applying for the post.

(Withinputs from agencies)