Shane Warne has revealed he would like to become the next coach of the English cricket team.
With Chris Silverwood unceremoniously dumped from the role following a disastrous period where the team failed to make the final of the T20 World Cup - a tournament they entered as favourites - before going down 4-0 in the Ashes, England are yet to name a new coach.
England director Ashley Giles also exited his role, with former champion opening batsman Andrew Strauss currently leading the effort to find a new coach for the national team.
While Justin Langer has been one such name earmarked for the role - and Strauss has confirmed England want to talk with the former Australian boss - Warne said he'd not only like to do the job in England, but also believes he would do a good job.
"Yeah, I think I'd do a pretty good job," Warne told the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.
"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.
"I'd like to do it," he added.
"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."
England have struggled in red ball cricket for the best part of 12 months, having a disastrous 2021. Only Joe Root had posted more than 500 runs for the team in the calendar year before the Ashes, with the bowling attack still led by two players on the wrong side of 35 in James Anderson and Stuart Broad.
Warne said that his cricket coaching philosophy would be "honesty"
"I think it's honesty," he said when asked about his coaching philosophy.
"You've got to be honest with the players. 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."
Not foreign to coaching, Warne is in charge of the London Spirit in the Hundred.
England have put no timeline on their mission to find a new coach, however, with their home summer set to kick-off with Test matches against New Zealand in June, the clock is ticking.
