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...
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 future major might worry
It is a concern, as captain he has done well for us and he is a major player. We have always had this worry that in the future he might not be fit.
risky run single
If you take a risky single and get run out, you would be frustrated.
discussing matter nice series
It would be nice to go through the series with the same 11 players. I'll be discussing the matter with the other selectors, but I'm not going to say what we'll do.
ashley balance offered required test
Ashley has always offered us the balance which is required of a Test side.
chances changes given ideal morale players rise team
It was not the ideal preparation going into the series. But the morale of the team is very good. The developments have given chances to some new players (to rise to the occasion). You never know what these changes can do.
area key
That is the key area we have to look at.
hear training
I hear he is out training with Somerset. We will just have to see how he progresses.
decision fit saturday team till
Strauss is fit to play but we will not take a decision on the team till Saturday morning.
anyone bit coming injury speak tender
If you speak to anyone coming back from injury they are always a little bit tender here and there.
personal privacy respect
Marcus has to go back for personal reasons. I think we have to respect the privacy of the matter.
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.
bit difficult few happy hard liked quicker runs work
We had to really work hard at it because it was difficult to get runs. We would have liked to have scored a few more runs a bit quicker but we're pretty happy with what happened.