India is confident that Gary Kirsten will stay on as coach for another year despite speculation that the former South African opener will succeed Mickey Arthur in the role in his native country. Arthur resigned and the entire selection panel were sacked last week following the drawn series with England, while Kirsten's current two-year contract comes up for extension in March. Media reports have suggested that Kirsten will be offered the job at the end of South Africa's current test and one-day tour of India. “He will continue his stint with the Indian team,” Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar told DNA broadsheet Wednesday. “We'll renew his contract.” The extension would take Kirsten's tenure up until next year's World Cup which India will co-host with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the paper said. Former fast bowler Corrie van Zyl has replaced Arthur on an interim basis for the current Test and one-day tour of India. “I have not been contacted by (Cricket South Africa),” Kirsten told the paper. Donald eyes England job Former South Africa paceman Allan Donald has said he would welcome the chance to return to the role of England fast bowling coach following the departure of Ottis Gibson. The England and Wales Cricket Board is looking for a replacement for Gibson, who resigned Tuesday to become the new head coach of the West Indies. Donald was immediately identified as a possible candidate, having spent four months in the role in 2007 before pulling out for family reasons
