Former England captain Nasser Hussain has said that new coach Chris Silverwood will succeed but at the same time, he will have to make some tough decisions keeping the team combination in mind. Silverwood was earlier the bowling coach and now will take over the responsibility from Trevor Bayliss and the biggest challenge for him will be the Ashes series in Australia within two years.
“When you’re bowling coach, you have to be friends – especially with bowlers, who love someone to put an arm around them,” Nasser Hussain wrote for Sky Sports. “Silverwood would definitely have been a ‘softly, softly’ sort, and there’s a massive difference between being a friendly bowling coach.”
“That will be a challenge for him. There is no such thing as a popular coach or a popular captain. You’re there to make tough decisions and be tough with your team. At the moment he is popular, but if he wants to do a good job, he’ll have to upset a few as well,” he added.
“I know this is not that important but, when I played with him, he was a very, very likeable, down to earth, simple lad, who realised that playing for England was an absolute dream. I’m very pleased for him. He has lived that dream as a player and he will now be pinching himself that he is the England coach,” he shared.
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Chris Silverwood also helped Essex, helping them win the county championship.
“I’d say he’s a safe pair of hands. When one or two others ruled themselves out, I think Ashley Giles went for someone he knows and trusts. He’s someone who seems to ask the right questions, at the right time. He’s that type of coach – he’s not an in-your-face type; he’s very popular in the England dressing room, already in there with the players,” he expressed.
“He knows the time to say things and not say things. I’m talking bowlers here, but he puts little ideas into their minds and makes it seem like it was almost their idea; his man-management is absolutely first class,” he concluded.
