Nothing official about it: Simpson

BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur said Simpson was expected in India in February.

Simpson said he had discussed the job but nothing had been decided. “I certainly had some discussions with them when I was in India recently acting as International Cricket Council referee but I haven’t been officially informed, nor do I know anything about the appointment,” Simpson said today. He said he did not know the job specifications and would only be interested if it was a part-time position. Simpson said he had held discussions with both Lele and Dungarpur.

“They asked me whether I’d be interested in an involvement in coaching India and I said not on a full-time basis, but I would consider doing some consultancy work,” Simpson said.

If he accepted an offer from the BCCI, Simpson would find himself working against the Australians in a Test series in India next year.

He said it was now a matter for the BCCI to officially contact him about what it wanted him to do. He thought a position could be to organise practice and encourage better use of their playing talent.

“They are a team with an enormous amount of talent and I think they can do a lot better, I really do,” Simpson said.