Cricinfo today reported that John Dyson, the former Australian opening batsman and former Sri Lanka coach has been picked to be the next Windies coach.

Popular sentiment in the Caribbean was that Dav Whatmore, the former Bangladesh and Sri Lanka coach, was the fan favorite owing to his experience and if not him then a West Indian such as Ottis Gibson, or one of the assistant coaches David Williams or Hendy Springer. Instead we watched as Whatmore was allowed to take up the head coaching role at the Indian Cricket Academy and Gibson, despite publicly expressing his desire to coach in the Windies, was allowed to be appointed full time England bowling coach. What we all thought was dilly-dallying on the part of the WICB may have been because Dyson was the preferred candidate. According to Cricinfo, Dyson "edged out another Australian, Dav Whatmore" for the post. (Or maybe this is what the WICB would have us believe).  read more »