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...
bat captain difficult job
He's got a very, very difficult job here. He's an all-rounder - he's got to bowl, bat and captain the side.
couple gets hope next sure took worse
He just tweaked it and we took him off as a precautionary measure. I hope it gets better in the next couple of days. We wanted to make sure it didn't get any worse before the first Test.
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.
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.
manage opportunity rest saw summer tour whenever
We want to give Freddie a rest whenever we can, we saw this as an opportunity the other day and we will be monitoring it as this tour and the summer progresses. We will manage it on a game-by-game basis.
eight number pitch
We think it is a two-spinner pitch but we will look at it, then look at the number eight position.
game later moment needs step
At the moment it is a lot to do. What he needs to do is step his game up to another level. We will only find that out later on.
adjustment ball beat create indians power reaching slow struggle technique time wickets wrist wrists
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.
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.
again chance communication good might pleased quite seem sure though
I've only had one communication with Marcus and there's a good chance he won't play again on this tour. As for Simon, the medics seem quite pleased with his procedure, though we're not sure yet when he might return.
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.
lost players
Sometimes these things happen. We have lost experienced players before and we just have to live with it.
huge losses lost point view
Sometimes these things happen. From our point of view these are huge losses as we have lost experienced players, but we just have to get on with it.
decision fit saturday team till
Strauss is fit to play but we will not take a decision on the team till Saturday morning.