AUSTRALIAN Ashes squad man Peter Siddle hopes Jason Gillespie will turn his back on the England job – because he wants to see the former fast bowler coaching Down Under one day.

Siddle has just completed a short four-match stint as Lancashire’s overseas player before linking up with the Test squad for tours to the Caribbean and England during the next three months.

The 30-year-old seamer knows Gillespie from the Yorkshire coach’s spell working with the Australia A bowlers during a tour to Zimbabwe in 2011, and he believes Dizzy has all the attributes to succeed with England.

But he has also questioned whether the 40-year-old’s appointment would be a popular one amongst the English public.

“I’d prefer if he didn’t take the job because it would be nice to have him back in Australia one day. Fingers crossed, he doesn’t,” said Siddle, who has not played Test cricket since last December.

“I worked a little bit with him in the early days with Australia A, and he’s got a good work ethic.

“I haven’t done a lot with him game-wise but just being around him in training, he seems to go about things well. He knows the bowling side of things very well because he had a great career.

“He just knows how to get the right people in. He’s done that at Yorkshire and he covers all bases with the bowling, batting, keeping and fielding.

“He’s a down to earth lad who will tell you straight up what’s wrong and what not to do and also what you’ve got to do. That’s a good way to go about it. He’s done well.”

Two of England’s last four coaches have been foreign, in Zimbabweans Duncan Fletcher and Andy Flower.

South African Micky Arthur took charge of Australia prior to the current incumbent, Darren Lehmann, an experiment Siddle does not expect to ever happen again in Australia.

“I’m not so sure the English public want an Australian to be coaching their team, so we’ll see what happens,” he added. “It would be interesting.

“It didn't go down too well us having a South African as coach, so I don’t think it will be a popular decision us having another international coach ever again, especially with the people we’ve got coaching back home at the moment.

“There are a number of ex-players doing well – Dizzy here and Justin Langer (at Western Australia).”

Siddle has forced his way back into Test contention following an excellent end to the Australian domestic summer with Victoria, the the Sheffield Shield champions.