New Zealand's new international cricket coach is likely to be known by the end of June.

Applications for the position closed yesterday and a shortlist of applicants will be drawn up with interviews taking place over the next month.

The interview is made up of, Terry Jarvis, Peter Sharp, Martin Snedden, Jeff Crowe and John F Reid. All but Sharp have played international cricket. Jarvis and Sharp are New Zealand Cricket board members, Snedden is the new chief executive of NZC, Reid is the NZC operations manager and Crowe is the manager of the CLEAR Black Caps.

New Zealand team captain Stephen Fleming will be consulted during the process. The number and names of applicants will not be advised.

Reid said: "There is a clear process to work through now and a recommendation will be made to the Board at its next meeting.

"For reasons of personal privacy NZC has decided not to identify those who have applied or been shortlisted, although we accept that some candidates have made their applications public.

"In terms of the number of applicants we will not be making the specific number public but are pleased to report that it is significantly more than the various numbers reported in the media last week," he said.

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