England are bracing themselves for the departure of their bowling coach, Ottis Gibson, with the former West Indies and Durham seamer having emerged as the leading candidate to become the new head coach of current opponents South Africa. England would be reluctant for the 48-year-old to leave the set-up and an announcement is expected at the end of the series. England fail to capitalise on starts and lose Ben Stokes late in the day Read moreSpeaking after the first day of the Old Trafford Test, the England assistant coach, Paul Farbrace, said: “Ottis is someone with a lot of international experience. He did a great job for West Indies, winning the World Twenty20 in 2012. He has done a great job for England but at the moment Russell Domingo is head coach of South Africa and doing a brilliant job, so it would be disrespectful of us to talk about his position.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2017 19:48 UTC