BCCI has decided not to renew the contract of Frazer, the team’s assistant coach. Like Chappell, Frazer’s contract was up till the World Cup.
MUMBAI: Greg Chappell may have gone but not all his support staff. Indian team’s physical trainer Gregory Allen King and physio John Gloster will continue to be associated with Men in Blue. Ian Frazer, Chappell’s Man Friday will however have to stay put in Australia even as his mentor mulls over his options of coming back as consultant for the National Cricket Academy.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided not to renew the contract of Frazer, the team’s assistant coach. Like Chappell, Frazer’s contract was up till the World Cup.
Frazer joined the Indian team in June 2005. In the aftermath of Indian team’s World Cup debacle, a lot of mud was slung on Frazer with many Board administrators calling for his head. Chappell, however, said his deputy was of immense help to the team. BCCI secretary Niranjan Shan, however, refused to comment on the charges against Frazer except for saying that the Board has decided not to renew the assistant coach’s contract. The 43-year-old Aussie, who joined the team as a bio-mechanist following Chappell’s appointment in June 2005, had a $5000-a-month contract with the Board till the World Cup.
Shah also confirmed that Gloster and King will stay with the Indian team, till December at least. Gloster’s contract ended with the World Cup but the Board has decided to extend his tenure up to December, when King’s term ends. “They will remain with the team for the time being. We’ll take a call in December,” Shah told DNA.
Gloster, who was a physio to the Bangladesh team, joined the Men in Blue in February 2005 after being recommended by Andrew Leipus who went on a sabbatical to Australia. King’s stint with the Indian team is longer. The South African fitness trainer was recruited by the BCCI in August 2003. He came in place of compatriot Adrian Le Roux who joined the South African team. Both King and Gloster were recruited by the BCCI during coach John Wright’s time but they had a good working relations with Chappell.
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