King follows Prince and Bradshaw joins gang

After Greg Chappell, Duncan Fletcher and Dav Whatmore, it was the turn of West Indies coach Bennet King to resign in the wake of a disastrous showing by his team in the World Cup.

After Greg Chappell, Duncan Fletcher and Dav Whatmore, it was the turn of West Indies coach Bennet King to resign in the wake of a disastrous showing by his team in the World Cup.

King, the Australian coach of the West Indies, became the fourth coach to step down after his team’s failure to advance to the semi-final of the game’s premier event while medium fast bowler Ian Bradshaw also announced his retirement from international cricket.

“He gave up his job as coach. He has offered to stay on for a month to help with the setting up of the academy,” president of the Jamaica Cricket Association, Jackie Hendriks, was quoted as saying by The Jamaica Gleaner.

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With the West Indies set for a summer tour of England, King has recommended that his assistant David Moore take over.

“I have heard that he recommended his assistant David Moore to take the team to England,” Hendriks said. West Indies suffered a string of poor results under King since 2005, highlighting more than a decade of decline in the West Indies cricket.

Hendriks said Bradshaw announced his retirement from international cricket.

Bradshaw, who joined Brian Lara as one of several players retiring after the World Cup, has played 62 one-day internationals and took 78 wickets. He played five Tests. There were rumours that West Indies Cricket Board president Ken Gordon had also resigned.