Robinson has been out of the sport since being sacked as England Ladies coach in 2019
Mark Robinson, the World Cup-winning former coach of England Ladies, seems set to be appointed as Warwickshire’s new head coach.
He’ll, if confirmed, replace Jim Troughton who was sacked at the end of a 2020 season which noticed the membership end and not using a victory within the Bob Willis Trophy and fail to achieve the quarter-final levels of the T20 Blast.
Robinson, who led England to the 2017 Ladies’s World Cup, has beforehand coached Sussex, the place he loved nice success, successful back-to-back County Championships in 2006 and 2007, the T20 competitors in 2009, and Listing A titles in 2006 (Pals Provident Trophy), 2008 and 2009 (Professional 40 League).
Whereas Warwickshire had expressed a hope of finishing the appointment earlier than Christmas, ESPNcricinfo understands the method was delayed when one other coach on the shortlist suffered some dangerous information a few well being concern of their household.
Robinson’s arrival marks one thing of a change of strategy at Edgbaston. Their previous few appointments – courting again to the sacking of Mark Greatbatch in 2007 – have all been former Warwickshire gamers, with Ashley Giles, Dougie Brown and Troughton having intervals on the helm. Robinson presents contemporary perspective and inherits a help employees that features three former Warwickshire gamers in Graeme Welch (bowling), Tony Frost (batting) and Ian Westwood (second XI).
Additional adjustments should not anticipated, with Robinson becoming a member of a comparatively new administration staff which incorporates chief govt Stuart Cain, who began in July 2020, and director of sport Paul Farbrace, who joined forward of the 2019 season.
In addition to successful a number of trophies, Robinson has proven an astute eye for brand spanking new signings, bringing in Jofra Archer and Ollie Robinson – no relation – throughout his time at Sussex. He additionally demonstrated the braveness to make robust choices, akin to shifting on from Charlotte Edwards throughout his time as England Ladies’s coach, and respect for his delicate dealing with of the psychological well being points suffered by Michael Yardy and Sarah Taylor. Promoted, relegated; sacked and lauded: he has, just about, seen all of it.
However this position presents a big contemporary begin for him. He was left licking his wounds after being sacked by the ECB in August 2019 after England had been overwhelmed within the Ashes by a vastly superior Australia facet. It was simply two years after the World Cup triumph and fewer than a yr since main them to the ultimate of the 2018 World T20. He has not held a high-profile position since, although he was lately linked with the place of Bangladesh Ladies’s head coach.
Robinson, now aged 54, beforehand loved an extended enjoying profession as a seam bowler with Northants, Yorkshire and Sussex. He’s prone to be becoming a member of a membership in one thing of a transition. The likes of Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Jeetan Patel and Tim Ambrose have all left the membership during the last couple of years with Warwickshire believing they’ve a proficient core of younger gamers with their careers in entrance of them.
In Robinson they are going to discover a quietly spoken, studious coach with a mild method and dedication to the welfare of his squad on and off the pitch. However he’ll even have excessive expectations. It seems an honest mixture.
George Dobell is a senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo
