Sydney: Australian Cricket Academy (ACA) coach Bennett King said on Tuesday he was surprised and annoyed to hear that he had been appointed the new West Indies coach.

King said he applied for the position last December "just to see what would happen", and had an interview in early March. That was the last thing he heard until a phone call early on Tuesday from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) informing him that he had been appointed and that the media had been informed.

Adelaide-based King said he was still considering whether to take up the position and had received no formal approach. "They've nominated me as the preferred candidate and I haven't agreed to anything," King told Australian Associated Press on Tuesday.

"I've seen no terms or conditions, I still haven't. I was actually informed at eight o'clock this morning of my appointment without really too much prior knowledge that that was the way they were going to go.