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...
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.
australia plans rest
We will look to see who will need a rest before going to Australia and we will make plans accordingly.
opportunity rest saw whenever
We want to rest Freddie whenever we can. We saw this as an opportunity the other day.
eight number pitch
We think it is a two-spinner pitch but we will look at it, then look at the number eight position.
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.
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.
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.
personal privacy respect
Marcus has to go back for personal reasons. I think we have to respect the privacy of the matter.
cannot difficult people
It is difficult for them. People are not like machines; you cannot tell them 'new wicket, new conditions, get out there and perform'.
balances bowling needed simon type
We needed Simon Jones's type of bowling which balances our bowling attack.