- Lehmann spent 5 years as Australia coach however resigned after ball-tampering
- Silverwood, 49, was changed on the England helm by Brendon McCullum in 2022
Yorkshire are focusing on Darren Lehmann and Chris Silverwood as they appear to nominate a brand new administration staff at Headingley.
The 2 ex Ashes coaches are frontrunners for the positions of director of cricket and head coach after Ottis Gibson – incumbent in each roles – was advised his contract is not going to be renewed in September.
Each males are former Yorkshire gamers and are understood to have been recognized by the three-man cricket panel of Michael Vaughan, Gavin Hamilton and Ashley Metcalfe presently advising membership chair Colin Graves.
Anthony McGrath can also be thought to have been of curiosity, however was promoted to director of cricket in an Essex restructure earlier this week.
Lehmann, 54, spent 5 years as Australia coach, however resigned within the wake of the staff’s ball-tampering scandal and moved into home cricket, taking cost of the Leeds-based Northern Superchargers for the inaugural Hundred season.
Silverwood, 49, has simply returned to the UK from a two-year stint with Sri Lanka after being changed on the England helm by Brendon McCullum
He resigned two years in the past as he appeared to cut back his hands-on work following a coronary heart assault on his fiftieth birthday, however might be enticed again by a job upstairs at Yorkshire, the place he’s considered the membership’s finest ever abroad participant.
Silverwood, 49, has simply returned to the UK from a two-year stint with Sri Lanka after being changed on the England helm by Brendon McCullum in 2022. He has taken up an assistant coach position with Oval Invincibles over the subsequent 4 weeks in an indication {that a} break following his time on the worldwide circuit is just not on his agenda.
Mail Sport can reveal that the Yorkshire gamers have been advised instantly after Friday evening’s failure to defeat Nottinghamshire and seal a quarter-final place within the Vitality Blast that Gibson, 55, could be leaving the membership on the finish of the season.
Former West Indies and South Africa coach Gibson’s tenure has been difficult to say the least: arriving alongside director of cricket Darren Gough in 2022 with the membership in turmoil following the mass sacking of former employees, they have been relegated on the ultimate afternoon of the season.
Lehmann, 54, spent 5 years as Australia coach, however resigned within the wake of the staff’s ball-tampering scandal
Promotion hopes in 2023 have been obliterated when a 48-point penalty imposed on the membership final July for his or her dealing with of the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal plunged them to the underside of Division Two.
Yorkshire are nicely positioned n the County Championship after two innings victories of their final two outings took them to inside 4 factors of second place with 5 fixtures remaining, however austerity measures triggered by the newest £2.7million annual loss compounding Headingley’s enormous money owed have meant Gibson has mixed each director of cricket and head coach roles since Gough’s departure in April and abroad participant recruitment has been restricted.
