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Will Mike Hesson opt for England, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka or Afghanistan?

Which side will Mike Hesson choose for position of Head Coach?

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The biggest payer is gone, BCCI.

Now which one of these countries would Mike Hesson prefer to work with?

England, has a good LOI team and a good structure fixed

Pakistan is in shambles, and security issues

Bangladesh, most don’t prefer to work

Sri Lanka has the worst corruption in the board going on

Afghanistan, a minnow.
 
I personally think he would go with either England or Bangladesh.
 
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I think England is the most likely. England’s current LOI teams play modern, aggressive cricket like the NZ team under Hesson did so it would make a very good fit.
 
Wouldn’t be shocked if he opted to stick with coaching in franchise cricket. Being on the road a lot is difficult for coaches.

Either way he will be walking into a good job.
 
It'll be England imo. They've got a great team especially in ODIs and T20s and he fits their style. There's also no language barrier whereas that's a major problem if he takes the Pakistan/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka/Afghanistan job
 
Think it could well be the board that pays him the best!

Grant Flowers outburst about backstabbing etc may not have pleased Hesson but lets see.
 
So one less option for Hesson - Bangladesh have a new coach - Domingo
 
England might go for Mickey Arthur. South Africa had Peter Moores in their sights.

Hesson as Pakisan coach would be amazing but something tells me its too good a thing to pan out
 
I think hesson will go for England. He will get to work with the likes of archer/wood and their explosive batsmen and he would get paid handsomely as well. Coaching Pakistan would certainly be a bold and interesting move though.
 
Flower’s interview may have put off Hesson.

It would be great if he takes this opportunity though.
 
I dont think Flowers interview would do any thing to Hesson... Looks like simple outcry from Flower after the board decides to end his contract and not renew...
 
FUnny how ppers he question experience of other coaches but when it comes to Hesson, everyone is desperate to get him.

FUnny, hw beffore his NZ stint he also was an unexpreicne coach, not even a player, only had coaching credentials.

Today he is being proffered, but 10 years ago this same Pakistani side would had not accepted it. Infact, remember the Woodhill controversy?
 
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FUnny how ppers he question experience of other coaches but when it comes to Hesson, everyone is desperate to get him.

FUnny, hw beffore his NZ stint he also was an unexpreicne coach, not even a player, only had coaching credentials.

Today he is being proffered, but 10 years ago this same Pakistani side would had not accepted it. Infact, remember the Woodhill controversy?
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Hesson was an inexperienced coach at the international level before the NZ role, but he had plenty of experience below that level.

Misbah has no experience at all.
 
Funnily enough, Mickey Arthur had to bide his time for half his tenure, waiting for Misbah to retire so that he could include players like Babar Azam and later SSA and Shadab Khan.

The problem for Hesson is that if he has to work with Misbah as Chief Selector he knows that he will always be given geriatric has-beens and Asia specialists, and won’t be able to build a team to win the away World Test Championship series.
 
Junaids said:
Funnily enough, Mickey Arthur had to bide his time for half his tenure, waiting for Misbah to retire so that he could include players like Babar Azam and later SSA and Shadab Khan.

The problem for Hesson is that if he has to work with Misbah as Chief Selector he knows that he will always be given geriatric has-beens and Asia specialists, and won’t be able to build a team to win the away World Test Championship series.
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If Misbah is appointed we should just close this website down.

Pak cricket rip
 
Whoever becomes the coach it won't matter. Pak needs to improve its domestic structure and that's the only way forward.

No coach can magically transform a team. Especially in a set up like Pakistan where you don't have much influence.
 
If I were Hesson, I would've picked England in a heartbeat. They have the most professional setup.

Coaching a subcontinental team can be a massive headache.
 
sweep_shot said:
If I were Hesson, I would've picked England in a heartbeat. They have the most professional setup.

Coaching a subcontinental team can be a massive headache.
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What about the challenge aspect?
 
MenInG said:
What about the challenge aspect?
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I was referring to job security and stress.

Being a coach for a subcontinental team means you often have to deal with politics and high stress. People are just too passionate and demands are high. It is a unique challenge but it can get overwhelming for many coaches.

Being a coach of England is less stressful. There is high professionalism.
 
Pak does give a unique challange... + new board setup will mean tht (hopefully) the crap from the past doesnt happen .. also with PSL in pak and SL in Pak soon as well, we can put the security situatuion behind (best hopes and prayers for tht)
 
Surely he will go for England. Who are the other options, apart from Hess and Misbah?
 
He'll go to England or South Africa if offered, no language barrier.

Sri Lanka offers better security and he'd go there next.

Bangladesh has better security too, but is a smaller cricketing power. I think it's a tough one between Pakistan and Bangladesh, but I guess Bangladesh are out.

Pakistan would surely make it over Afghanistan as Afghanistan isn't really a big cricketing nation yet.

Which is why I'm tempted to get a local coach, or a coach who really wants to coach Pakistan. For many of the famous coaches, Pakistan's low down on the list due to security concerns, travel issues (he also might not be able to observe domestic properly if unwilling to go to Pakistan), language barrier and simply not amongst the top cricketing nations.

One pull Pakistan does have, I do think the current crop of players have quite a lot of talent/ability to work with which wasn't decades or 4 or so years ago. So there's potential for coaches to work with, which might be more than some other teams.
 
With Domingo being appointed as Bangladesh's coach, his preference could either be England or South Africa
 
Mike Hesson turns down Pakistan, Bangladesh coaching jobs

Former Black Caps coach Mike Hesson has turned down two chances to return to the international coaching ranks after missing out on the India job.

Both Pakistan and Bangladesh's cricket boards chased Hesson for their vacant head coach roles, Stuff understands, but he declined and didn't officially apply to enter either race.

South African Russell Domingo was announced last week as Bangladesh's new coach, succeeding Englishman Steve Rhodes, while former captain Misbah-ul-Haq is the favourite to take over from Mickey Arthur in charge of Pakistan.

Hesson was named as a frontrunner for several international positions after he and Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab parted ways after one season at the helm. They finished sixth on net run rate this year after six wins and eight losses.

He made the final three for the India coaching job but incumbent Ravi Shastri got the nod. India's Cricket Advisory Committee of Kapil Dev, former coach Anshuman Gaekwad and former women's captain Shantha Rangaswamy listed their order of preference as Shastri, Hesson and Australian Tom Moody.

Hesson couldn't be reached for comment but, according to a source, he didn't contest the Pakistan and Bangladesh jobs because he wasn't keen to return to the punishing year-round schedule of international coaching and give up his television commitments with Star Sports.

He made an exception for India, the only international role he applied for, given its status as the biggest coaching job in world cricket.

After a successful six years at the helm of the Black Caps, making him New Zealand's longest serving coach, Hesson ended his stint last year, citing family reasons.

Hesson now appears likely to return to the IPL in an advisory or assistant coaching role, but for which team is unknown.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/crick...-turns-down-pakistan-bangladesh-coaching-jobs
 
Hesson has signed with RCB as Director of Cricket Operations. I guess IPL/T20 League wins....again.
 
Saj said:
The lure of T20 riches strikes again.
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He has been coaching for a while in international cricket. The schedule and travelling is a lot.

It was predictable he would go down the T20 route. I called it at the top of this thread.
 
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