Bangladesh Cricket Board's bid to appoint a new foreign coach for the national team before the tour of New Zealand was heavily dashed after John Dyson's decision to take helm of the West Indies.

Former Australian international Dyson, who had applied for the West Indies job, was also in link with Bangladesh and was expected to make his presentation to the board this month.

"It's a discomforting situation for us now because it would be difficult to rope in a new coach soon," said Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu, chairman of BCB cricket operations committee, yesterday.

"We had completed all necessary talks with Dyson. He said he would be available from mid-November and also gave us an offer.

"As almost all his conditions suited us, we would have given him our counter proposal following his presentation. We felt that we were as close as we could be to seal the deal.

"Naturally, Dyson chose the better option but now we have to start afresh, which is a difficult task."

With the board president giving his associates an October deadline to decide on a new coach, it seems an impossible task.

"It's more of a preliminary target than a deadline. It would be better if we achieve the target of confirming a coach by October," opined the former national captain.

"In fact, coaches are not very much available for international jobs as most have commitments. We still have two men in our list but it seems that Gordon (Greenidge) cannot stay in Bangladesh for full two years without interruption. We have already sent him our itinerary and I will contact him tomorrow to know his views," he informed about Bangladesh's ICC Trophy winning West Indian coach.

BCB's short-list also includes Australian all-rounder Colin Miller, whose coaching background is not as rich as the other two.