'Like to do it': Shane Warne puts hand up for England coaching job

Shane Warne has put his hand up for England's vacant head coach role after Chris Silverwood was sacked following a nightmare Ashes campaign.

Silverwood was brutally axed after England suffered a humiliating 4-0 drubbing and Australia retained the urn.

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While Justin Langer has been mentioned as a potential replacement following his resignation from the Australian team, fellow Aussie legend Warne has also thrown his hat in the ring.

Speaking on the the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast, Warne said Langer would be fantastic for England before saying he'd also like to do the job himself.

"Yeah, I think I'd do a pretty good job," Warne said.

"I think there's a lot to work with, but I wouldn't be called the coach. I think I'd be called team manager."

Warne has previously expresses his belief that international sides don't need a coach per se, but managers who would work on the mental and tactical side of the game.

"I'd like to do it," Warne said. "There's so many good players in England, you've got a lot of depth, you've just got to get some of the basics right.

"Your catching, you can't bowl no-balls and drop so many catches. You've got the players, they're just not performing, and the question is why?

"I look at domestic cricket in England, I've seen a lot of England cricketers develop, you've got a lot of depth, but England just aren't performing in the Test arena."

The Spin King said he believes the most important trait of a head coach is honesty.

"You've got to be honest with the players," he said.

"It's like when you leave a player out, you don't say (it's down to) team balance or we're just going with this team for these conditions.

"You say why you're being left out, there's a reason you're left out.

"All the players might not like what they hear, but they'll respect you for being honest with them.

"You say, listen, we're not happy with your fitness, your spells late in the day, your ability to be consistent, economical, whatever it may be."

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Warne said he believes England should be "jumping" at the chance to bring in Langer after his ugly exit from the Aussie side.

"If I were England, I'd be jumping at him," he said.

"Winning an Ashes and a World Cup, it doesn't get much bigger than that for Australia, but for me [Langer] was a dead man walking when I didn't hear the captain or any other players sticking up for him, saying he was fantastic. I found that really disappointing.

"Why couldn't Cricket Australia come out and say they were not renewing his contract straight away but would wait until the end of the summer, see who the best candidate is and if Langer is still the best candidate give him a contract?

"I thought it was pretty poorly handled and that Cricket Australia were disgraceful in the way they handled it."

Warne is head coach of the London Spirit in The Hundred, admitting his side was "terrible" after finishing dead-last in the inaugural season in 2021.

Unsurprisingly, the idea of him coaching England didn't go down all that well in the cricket community.

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