Gibson on thin ice

Of all the national head coaches in place when he was appointed by West Indies in October 2010, Ottis Gibson is the only one still standing.

Australia have gone from Tim Nielsen to Mickey Arthur to Darren Lehmann. Jamie Siddons has moved on from Bangladesh, as have Mark Greatbatch from New Zealand, Corrie van Zyl from South Africa, Waqar Younis from and back to Pakistan, Gary Kirsten from India.

Alan Butcher ended his stint with Zimbabwe after the West Indies tour last year. England shifted Andy Flower from his role of team coach, where he was highly rated, to technical director of elite coaching after their recent Ashes drubbing in Australia.

So Gibson remains the exception to the global trend of a regular turnover of coaches.