About our cricket coach

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Some great information about of great new Indian Coach :

-ve Points :-
1. He was a former Zimbabwean Player as well as the captain !!
2. He never played International Test Cricket.
3. Age 62 !! (too old)
4. Just played 6 ODI's !!

+ve Points :-
1. He 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.Fletcher also took Zimbabwe to victory in the 1982 ICC Trophy.
2. He 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. !!
3. 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.
 
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