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New Zealand's coach hunt

New Zealand Cricket keen on Wright

Cricinfo staff

July 18, 2008

	John Wright was NZC's acting high performance manager, a post that was abolished last month © Getty Images

John Wright, the former New Zealand batsman, is the frontrunner for the position of national coach once John Bracewell ends his term in April next year.

Though Wright hasn't declared any desire to coach the team, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will contact him to get an answer, said Justin Vaughan, the board's chief executive.

"We didn't want to stress him ahead of time when we weren't even looking for applications," Vaughan told the Wellington-based Dominion Post. "But now that we are, we'll need to know one way or the other."

Wright, who coached India for five years, was appointed NZC's acting high performance manager last year but the post was among several abolished last month as the board underwent a major restructuring program an effort to become a world-class sporting organisation. However NZC was keen for Wright to stay on and take up a different role.

"He's got a lot of strengths and the thing about John is that he's got a lot of different areas that he can contribute to New Zealand Cricket if he does decide to put his name into the hat," Vaughan said.

"With Tom we might be struggling, we'd love him to apply but I think his family circumstances mean that he is taking some time off."

NZC will be accepting applications for the post till August 4.

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