WELLINGTON: New Zealand head coach Gary Stead will no longer coach the One-day International and T20 teams but may re-apply for the Test role, he said on Tuesday.

Head coach since 2018, Stead`s contract finishes in June. The 53-year-old, who has been in charge of all three formats since taking over from Mike Hesson, said he would take a month to consider his options.

`I`m looking forward to getting away from touring life for a while and having a think about my future,` Stead, arguably New Zealand`s most successful coach, said in a New Zealand Cricket statement, pointing to a hectic calendar in the last six months.

`The past six to seven months has been particularly busy with relatively non-stop cricket action since September. I now want to evaluate my options but still feel I have coaching left in me, albeit not as Head Coach across all formats.

`I`ll be in a better position to know whether I want to reapply for the Test coaching position after this time of reflection,` he added.

New Zealand wrapped up their home summer over the weekend by completing a 3-0 series sweep of Pakistan with victory in the final ODI in Mount Maunganui.

NZC said it would give Stead time to consider his future but would start advertising for a new head coach from next week.

`Gary`s results have been very impressive over a long period and we`re very comfortable giving him some time to collect his thoughts and mull things over,` NZC high performance boss Bryan Stronach said.

`At the moment we haven`t any strong preference for either a split-coaching role or a sole appointment who covers all three formats, and were unlikely to be clearer on that until we see who`s putting their name forward.

Stead steered the Black Caps to the inaugural World Test Championship title in 2021 and to an unprecedented 3-0 Test series sweep of India on the subcontinent last year.

He was unable to end the team`s long wait for a major white-ball trophy, though, overseeing defeats in the 2019 World Cup final in England and the 2021 T20 World Cup decider in the United Arab Emirates.

New Zealand missed out on a second Champions Trophy title last month, losing to India in the ODI tournament`s final in Dubai.-Agencies