Duncan Fletcher

Duncan Fletcher
For the American Senator and lawyer, see Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Fletcher
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Personal information
Full name Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher
Born 27 September 1948 (1948-09-27) (age 63)
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role Coach
Relations Allan Fletcher (brother)
International information
National side Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 3) 9 June 1983 v Australia
Last ODI 20 June 1983 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years Team
1984–1985 Western Province
1969–1980 Rhodesia
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 6 111 53
Runs scored 191 4,095 1,119
Batting average 47.75 23.67 28.69
100s/50s 0/2 0/20 1/7
Top score 71* 93 108
Balls bowled 301 12,352 2,422
Wickets 7 215 70
Bowling average 31.57 28.03 23.60
5 wickets in innings 0 5 0
10 wickets in match n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 4/42 6/31 4/41
Catches/stumpings 0/– 75/– 20/–
Source: [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55424.html Cricinfo
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Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, formerly captain of the Zimbabwean cricket team and the current coach of the Indian Cricket Team. He has been appointed as coach of the Indian Cricket Team on April 27, 2011. Fletcher is largely credited with rejuvenating the fortunes of the then flagging English team, with the team rising from bottom of the Test rankings to second under his tenure as coach.

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Early life

Fletcher was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) and was one of five brothers in a Rhodesian farming family.

Career as player

Fletcher was Zimbabwe's first-ever One Day International captain, leading them to their famous victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup over Australia, winning the Man of the Match award for his individual performance.[1] Fletcher also took Zimbabwe to victory in the 1982 ICC Trophy. Duncan Fletcher has never played Test Cricket.

Career as coach

Under Fletcher the England cricket team achieved famous series victories away to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa between 2000-2004. In 2004 England won an English record 8 consecutive tests, beating New Zealand 3-0 and West Indies 4-0 at home respectively, before winning the first test in South Africa. His most famous and largest achievement however came in September 2005, when he became the first coach of the English team to win an Ashes series for 18 years when England secured 2-1 victory over Australia.

In recognition of this winning the Ashes after 18 years, Fletcher was conferred with the OBE. On 13 September 2005 Fletcher was awarded British citizenship after a five year wait. Although both his parents and all his grandparents were ethnically English, i.e., of English/British descent, Fletcher had been denied citizenship by virtue of the fact he spent most of his time abroad - touring with the England team. After the Ashes series win of 2005, the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, intervened to award Fletcher his long-sought citizenship.[2]

Fletcher received heavy criticism from all quarters 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 wickets 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 World Cup, which culminated in a nine wicket loss to South Africa in which the team were booed off the field by England's Barmy Army. It was later announced, on 19 April 2007, that his 8 year tenure as coach was to end following England's final Super 8 match against the West Indies on Saturday 21 April 2007.

England's test record improved almost as soon as Fletcher took over in 1999, however the fortunes of the one-day side plummeted under Fletcher and ironically the only major success in one day cricket under the Fletcher era came a mere three months before his exit, as England won the Commonwealth Bank Series by defeating Australia early in 2007.

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."

On 5 November 2007 Fletcher's autobiography 'Behind The Shades' was published.

In November 2008 it was announced that Fletcher would take on a consultancy role with Hampshire for the 2009 season,[3] days later he took a similar role with the South Africa team ahead of their Test series with Bangladesh and Australia.[4]

Fletcher has been appointed as the coach of the India cricket team on 27 April 2011,[5] with a two-year contract. Fletcher was one of the leading candidates for appointment as coach of the India national cricket team.[6] Fletcher bagged the top job in the India national cricket team ahead of names like former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming and former Zimbabwe skipper Andy Flower. Fletcher is reported to be outgoing India coach Gary Kirsten's recommendation.[7]

Family

Fletcher's sister, Ann Grant captained the Zimbabwe women's field hockey team which won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

His brother, Allan Fletcher, played seven first-class games for Rhodesia in the late 1970s.

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