The Spin | Too weak, too stern, too strict, too lax: a brief history of England coaches

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Those keen on answering the ECB’s call for a new men’s head coach might want to consider the turbulent history of the role

Welcome to The Spin, the Guardian’s weekly cricket newsletter. Here’s an extract from this week’s edition. To receive the full version every Wednesday, just pop your email in below.for a new head coaches for the England men’s cricket teams.

for “setting out and then executing short-, medium- and long-term plans for the development of the England team”.The candidates thinking of throwing their peaked cap in the ring for the England gig might want to have a look into the somewhat turbulent history of the role before they do so, the job is the soufflé of the cricketing world, seemingly simple yet difficult to execute, vulnerable to collapse and more often than not ending in disappointment and failure.

Predictably, it didn’t end well. Illingworth was seen as out of step with the modern game, after further fallouts with the captain and players Illingworth quit after England’s disastrous showing in the 1996 World Cup.took over in 1996, an enthusiastic, popular and fatherly figure who backed his players to the hilt: Lloyd had a strong rapport with his captain, Atherton, a fellow Lancastrian.

After a summer in which England slipped to the bottom of the Test rankings and new captain Hussain was booed by his own fans after defeat to New Zealand at the Oval,becoming the first overseas head coach. Fletcher reaped the rewards of central contracts and forged strong relationships with his captains, Hussain and Vaughan and created a senior leadership group within the team to impart his message. The Zimbabwean was a meticulous technician as well as an astute reader of the game.

With a perennial blank frown like a polar bear with a migraine, Fletcher was memorably inexpressive on the team balcony whether England were sliding to defeat, squeaking to a win or if

 

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