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...
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.
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.
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
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.
effective kid looked today treat
We had to treat him with kid gloves, just say half-pace, and today he looked pretty effective out there.
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.
closer far injury key knee operation serious shoulder shown
Key has had a shoulder operation and Shah has a knee injury which didn't look too serious at first but a closer look has shown it is a far more serious.
personal privacy respect
Marcus has to go back for personal reasons. I think we have to respect the privacy of the matter.
australia plans rest
We will look to see who will need a rest before going to Australia and we will make plans accordingly.
space win
We got into their faces, got into their space and it was so well done ? it was 'we can win this'.
alright couple decision fiddle fine jones next simon wake works
We can't make a decision over replacements just yet, we have to give it a couple of days. Simon Jones could wake up and be fine in two days, while if the injection works Vaughan could be alright by next week. We'll just have to fiddle things about for the moment.
balances bowling needed simon type
We needed Simon Jones's type of bowling which balances our bowling attack.
captain michael successful
We need Michael back as captain as well as a player. He is a very successful captain and very inspirational.
asking balanced maintained player
We have always maintained we need a balanced side. Liam Plunkett has come in to do a job, he is a very inexperienced player and we are asking a lot of him at the moment.