Duncan Fletcher
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Born | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | 27 September 1948||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Allan Fletcher (brother) Ann Grant (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 3) | 9 June 1983 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 20 June 1983 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1969/70–1979/80 | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 December 2008 |
Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer, who has coached the England and Indian national teams. He led the Indian team to be the winners of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, where the team was undefeated during the tournament.
He was England coach between 1999 and 2007, and is credited with the resurgence of the England team in Test cricket in the early 2000s.
Early life
Fletcher was born in Salisbury,
Cricket career
Playing career
As a player, Fletcher was a member of the
Coaching career
Fletcher coached Western Province and Glamorgan in first-class cricket, before being appointed as England coach in 1999.
Under Fletcher, England achieved series victories away to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa between 2000 and 2004. In 2004 they won an English record eight consecutive Test matches, beating New Zealand 3–0 and West Indies 4–0 at home, respectively, before winning the first Test in South Africa. In September 2005 he became the first coach of the England team in 18 years to win an
Fletcher received criticism after preferring Ashley Giles to Monty Panesar as England's main spinner in the first two Tests of the 2006–07 Ashes series; Giles took three wickets in two Tests, while Panesar, when given the chance in the third Test, took five wickets in the first innings and three in the second innings. Following defeat to Australia by 206 runs in the third Test on 18 December 2006 which saw England relinquish the Ashes 15 months after gaining them, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that Fletcher's position as head coach was under review. Despite a brief reprieve in early 2007 when England won the Commonwealth Bank Series, Fletcher came under increased criticism as England performed poorly in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, culminating in a nine-wicket loss to South Africa in which the team were booed off the field by England's Barmy Army. His eight-year tenure as coach ended following England's final World Cup match against the West Indies on 21 April 2007.
While England were successful in Test cricket under Fletcher, the fortunes of the one-day side plummeted, and the only major success in one-day cricket during Fletcher era came three months before his exit in the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Series against Australia.
In November 2007 Fletcher confirmed that he was considering a switch to rugby, stating "I'd like to be a rugby consultant. I have some ideas...I love my rugby, I would rather watch rugby than cricket. I'm passionate about it, it's the game I'd like to have been involved in." At the same time his autobiography, Behind The Shades, was published.
In November 2008 it was announced that Fletcher would take on a consultancy role with Hampshire County Cricket Club for the 2009 season.[4] Days later he took a similar role with the South Africa team ahead of their Test series' against Bangladesh and Australia.[5]
Fletcher was appointed coach of the India national cricket team on 27 April 2011,[6] with a two-year contract, having been outgoing coach Gary Kirsten's recommendation.[7] Under Fletcher's coaching, the India achieved eight series victories in a row, including winning the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. His contract ended after the 2015 Cricket World Cup and was not renewed.[8]
Family
Fletcher's sister,
References
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Bermuda vs Zimbabwe Final 1982". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Zimbabwe vs Australia 3rd Match 1983". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Fletcher granted British citizenship". ESPNcricinfo. 13 September 2005. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2008
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2008
- ^ Duncan Fletcher appointed India coach Retrieved 27 April 2011
- ^ "Duncan Fletcher appointed as Team India coach Retrieved 27 April 2011". Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly to find new India coach", Hindustan Times, 27 April 2015