Marcus Trescothick has backed Jos Buttler as England’s white-ball captain however says the upcoming sequence towards Australia affords an opportunity to experiment with who performs as wicketkeeper.
England Check lead batting coach Trescothick will function interim head coach for September’s three T20Is and 5 one-day internationals – stay on Sky Sports activities – following Matthew Mott’s departure on the finish of July, with Brendon McCullum taking over the function from January.
Though England’s Cricket World Cup defence final October ended within the group stage and their performances have been questioned regardless of reaching the semi-finals of June’s T20 World Cup, Trescothick is in little doubt fellow ex-Somerset participant Buttler is the correct particular person to guide the crew.
“I think he is,” Trescothick instructed Sky Sports activities. “The attributes he shows behind the scenes are really important to lead this team.
“Me coming in is simply to attempt to improve that as a lot as attainable, to make him really feel like that is the way in which the group goes to go, the way in which the crew goes to evolve differently to get essentially the most out of him as captain.
“For no matter motive, the robust couple of World Cups they’ve had, they’ve probably come out of these not feeling nice about our one-day cricket, nevertheless it’s nonetheless in a very good place and Jos goes to guide that ahead for a time period in the intervening time, and I do not see that altering.
“There are so many things he does so well that we’ve just got to bring out, enhance, and make it better as we go along.”
Trescothick confirmed the concept of Buttler giving up wicketkeeping duties and taking part in solely as a batter to permit him to give attention to the captaincy is one thing which is being thought-about for the matches towards Australia.
Phil Salt would probably take the gloves for the T20Is, whereas England Check star Jamie Smith can be an possibility for the ODIs, and Trescothick sees it as a viable possibility for the aspect to experiment in these upcoming video games.
“It’s something we discussed and we’re open to the idea of,” Trescothick stated. “It’s definitely something we’ll think about because we can try different options.
“We may give it a go for a time period, and see what response is has on captaincy and the crew, whether or not it modifications something or makes it higher or worse.
England Check wicketkeeper Jamie Smith is within the ODI squad to face Australia
“It’s definitely something we can have a little go at.”
As for whether or not he would really like his interim head coach place with the white-ball crew to develop into everlasting, Trescothick is ready to see how issues progress throughout the clashes with outdated rivals Australia.
The 48-year-old, who performed 76 Checks and 123 ODIs for England, is aware of totally different calls for shall be positioned on him in comparison with his function overseeing the Check batters and is eager to complete the continuing sequence with Sri Lanka earlier than considering extra concerning the future.
“I’m not sure at the moment,” Trescothick stated. “I have been so closely invested into the Check crew and the function I’ve teaching the batting, I did not actually give it a lot thought till I bought the chance.
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England’s interim white-ball head coach Marcus Trescothick says he will see how he enjoys the function earlier than making any choices on his future and admits he has no strict plans.
“At the moment, I’m still very focused on the batting stuff with the Test team and I think I’m going to let this play out over this period of time, see how I enjoy doing the head coach’s role and then go from there really.
“I am fairly open to the concept of seeing what’s going to occur.”
England vs Australia schedule – all games live on Sky Sports
- 1st T20 (September 11) – The Ageas Bowl, Southampton (6.30pm start)
- 2nd T20 (September 13) – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (6.30pm start)
- 3rd T20 (September 15) – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester (2.30pm start)
- 1st ODI (September 19) – Trent Bridge, Nottingham (12.30pm start)
- 2nd ODI (September 21) – Headingley, Leeds (11am start)
- 3rd ODI (September 24) – Seat Unique Riverside, Durham (12.30pm start)
- 4th ODI (September 27) – Lord’s, London (12.30pm start)
- 5th ODI (September 29) – The Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (11am start)
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