Salisbury retires to coach Surrey

Ian Salisbury spent just one season with his final county Warwickshire

Warwickshire's former England leg-spinner Ian Salisbury has announced his retirement from first-class cricket.

The 39-year-old has instead decided to take up a coaching role with Surrey.

Salisbury initially accepted a two-year extension to his Bears playing contract but will now replace South Africa-bound Nadeem Shahid as second team coach.

Surrey managing director Gus Mackay told BBC London 94.9: "Ian wanted to come back and get involved with the new era and can't wait to get stuck in."

The appointment of three-time Championship winner Salisbury means that since the end of last season, Surrey have employed four high level coaches with recent title-winning experience.

He will join the newly-appointed Chris Adams and Surrey legends Graham Thorpe and Alec Stewart alongside existing skipper Mark Butcher on the cricket management team.

"Ian's name came up," said Mackay. "And it's great he's on board at a club where he spent 10 years as a player before moving away to Edgbaston for a season.

"Warwickshire have been brilliant about it."

As well as taking charge of the club's second team, Salisbury will also work closely alongside Surrey academy director Gareth Townsend.

Northampton-born Salisbury started his first-class career with Sussex in 1989, spending eight summers there before joining Surrey in 1997.

During his playing years for Surrey, Salisbury was part of the squad that won nine trophies in 10 years, including three County Championships, two One Day Cups, two One Day Leagues, one County Championship Division Two and the inaugural Twenty20 Cup.

In all, Salisbury took 486 first-class wickets in his decade at The Oval before moving to Edgbaston last winter.

Salisbury took 31 first-class wickets for Warwickshire at an average of 27.9 and a further 10 one-day wickets at 21.9 apiece.

Salisbury, who also played in four one-day internationals, took 20 Test wickets in 15 appearances for his country between June 1992 and December 2000.

But his Test career ended after three-Test tour of Pakistan when he picked up just one wicket at a cost of 193 runs.

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He said: "If someone said what would be your dream job when you finish playing cricket, it would have to be this one."

"We wish him well for the future," said Warwickshire director of cricket Ashley Giles, his old England spin twin. "His contribution to the squad will be missed."

Mackay also paid tribute to the departing Nadeem Shahid who is going to run a multi-sports academy in South Africa.

"I'd like to place on record my thanks to Nadeem for all he's done over the years for the club," said Mackay.

"He's been very open with us and when we heard he had an opportunity elsewhere we didn't want to stand in his way."