Duncan Fletcher
Duncan Fletcher
Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcheris a Zimbabwean ex-cricketer and the former coach of the Indian cricket team. He was the coach of the England cricket team from 1999-2007, and is credited with the resurgence of the England team in Test cricket in the early years of the 2000s...
cricket eye forget keeping notice
Everyone is keeping an eye on all cricket all the time. As long as we don't try to notice too much and forget about our own game.
andrew burden cricket exciting free lessens michael
Ideally, with Michael probably back, it lessens the burden on Andrew and can free him up to play the exciting cricket he plays.
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On these slow wickets your technique has got to come to bear. The Indians use a lot of wrist in their technique. If you don't use your wrists you are going to struggle because of the adjustment in time of the ball reaching you - they use their wrists to create that power to beat the field.
blow leaves loss played tests
It's a big blow to us. I think it's about 28 Tests he's played on the trot for us and with the loss of other experienced players, it leaves a big hole.
class experience last lose opener playing worrying
It has got to be worrying when you lose someone like Marcus who is a world-class international opener and has experience of playing here last time.
captain michael successful
We need Michael back as captain as well as a player. He is a very successful captain and very inspirational.
balances bowling needed simon type
We needed Simon Jones's type of bowling which balances our bowling attack.
desire guys pleasing though
What is so pleasing is that these guys (newcomers) look as though they have really got a desire not just to play for England, but to do well for England.
loss coincidence sometimes
We have to live with it, sometimes these coincidences do happen. They are obviously huge losses but we will just have to get on as we are.
england india continents
India is the one area of the sub-continent where we haven't won since I have been involved with England
loss important steps
Simon Jones was so important and is going to be a big loss. It is a chance for someone like James Anderson to step up to the mark
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What happens with inexperienced players is that you can re-group in Test cricket. You cannot re-group in one-day cricket.
opportunity rest saw whenever
We want to rest Freddie whenever we can. We saw this as an opportunity the other day.
bit caught certain learn napping situations
We were caught napping a bit with inexperience. They still need to learn how to play in certain situations in one-day cricket.