Cricket: Lambast Squad Because Fletcher Won't Be Pushed

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This column has never been a zealous member of the Duncan Fletcher Fan Club. I supported Geoffrey Boycott's forensic dissection of Fletcher before a ball was bowled in the disastrous Ashes campaign. It was right to question his continued value.

Now many are calling for Fletcher's head. He hasn't helped himself by his Edith Piaf stance for so many years - 'Je ne regrette rien' - and his disinclination to get onside with the regular media corps, apart from former England players who worked with him.

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Cricket: Lambast Squad Because Fletcher Won't Be Pushed

A coach or manager in sport who's under pressure needs a constituency of support he has built up over the years. Look at Steve...

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