Simmons, Gibson frontrunners for WI coaching job

Two former West Indies players are the front-runners to become the new coach of the West Indies team.



A West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) source say Phil Simmons, the former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies all rounder and Ottis Gibson, the former Barbados and West Indies fast bowler, will be approached to find out their interest in the job.



The West Indies coaching position became vacant, after John Dyson was sacked by the WICB well short of the end of his contract.



Simmons is currently the coach of Ireland national team while Gibson is the bowling coach of England.



David Williams, the assistant coach of the West Indies team, has been asked to take over in the interim for the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy next month in South Africa.