Ottis Gibson appointed as England's full-time bowling coach

(Caribbean Broadcast Corporation) It was speculated earlier, and today it became fact. England has appointed Barbadian Otis Gibson as their full-time bowling coach after the team's one-day success in Sri Lanka.
 
 The 38-year-old had been filling the role on a temporary basis, but helped England to their first major series win on the sub-continent for 20 years.
 
 Gibson, who played two tests and 15 one-dayers for West Indies in the 1990's, has been involved with the England and Wales Cricket Board's fast bowling programme for the past four years. And he will work alongside bowling Coach Kevin Shine to develop England’s current and next generation of pacemen.
 
 The former Barbados senior and youth team all-rounder is a level four qualified coach.
 
 Skipper Paul Collingwood has praised the appointment, saying that it does help that he's just come out of playing cricket. Not to mention that he's got new techniques and approaches on how to get batsmen out.
 
 He has been instrumental in helping England seamers Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson and Stuart Broad produce a string of consistent performances in the recent 3-2 series win in Sri Lanka.
 
 Gibson's decision will come as a blow to Durham, who had been hoping he would return next season to improve on their second place in the County Championship.
 
 Speaking after the announcement, Gibson said that he's well equipped to take up the position as fast bowling coach, and with the future looking so bright for England’s bowling stocks, he's extremely excited by the prospect of working with what he calls "a talented group of bowlers" in both the test and one-day arenas.
 
 Gibson won a host of awards after a successful final season for English county side Durham this year, in which he took 80 wickets.