da esport bet： Jamie Siddons is in contention to become the next coach of Wellington after Anthony Stuart vacated the role at the end of the 2010-11 season
da premier bet： ESPNcricinfo staff05-May-2011Jamie Siddons is in contention to become the next coach of Wellington after Anthony Stuart vacated the role at the end of the 2010-11 season. The former Bangladesh coach will be interviewed next week, and he said he had spoken to his former South Australia team-mate and current Wellington assistant Shane Deitz, who is also hoping to get the job.”We spoke about Wellington, the players, the facilities and about living there,” Siddons told the . “He [Deitz] was really helpful. We got on really well, I played with him and coached him. He’s quite keen, if I was to get the job, to work alongside me, and is obviously also keen to get the job himself.”There’s still a few things that need to happen for it to take place. But after speaking to [Wellington CEO Gavin Larsen] I’m a bit more excited about going through the interview process and seeing where that leads.”Matthew Maynard, the former England batsman, had been considered the frontrunner, but is now a strong candidate to become an assistant to Duncan Fletcher, the new coach of India. The Wellington appointment will be made by a panel including Larsen and New Zealand’s new director of cricket, John Buchanan, who during his time as Australia’s coach had Siddons as an assistant.”I think he’d be a fantastic asset in the New Zealand Cricket setup,” Buchanan said. “To have that international experience within the domestic competition would be a huge bonus for NZC and I hope we can entice him this way.”
