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Duncan Fletcher has resigned - it's official now, so I can say so.
So there's going to be all the usual kerfuffle when it comes to such events over the designation of his successor. Why bother? I think I've come up with the ideal solution!
Given that the only way for anyone to get a top job these days is to do so on TV, how about: The Apprentice: England Cricket Coach? I'd put Ian Botham in charge of it (the Alan Sugar figure, as it were), with Bob Willis and Jonathan Agnew as his sidekicks. Then line up a bunch of candidates, and put them through the mill.
I can just imagine the boardroom (dressing room? Long Room?) as each one is dismissed, with the immortal words, "You're Out!"
"Lose 5-0 to Australia? You'd do well to lose 5-0 to Bangladesh! You're Out!"
"You bowled and went for 50 runs, and only scored 30 yourself. You've cost me 20 runs! You're Out!"
etc.
So there's going to be all the usual kerfuffle when it comes to such events over the designation of his successor. Why bother? I think I've come up with the ideal solution!
Given that the only way for anyone to get a top job these days is to do so on TV, how about: The Apprentice: England Cricket Coach? I'd put Ian Botham in charge of it (the Alan Sugar figure, as it were), with Bob Willis and Jonathan Agnew as his sidekicks. Then line up a bunch of candidates, and put them through the mill.
I can just imagine the boardroom (dressing room? Long Room?) as each one is dismissed, with the immortal words, "You're Out!"
"Lose 5-0 to Australia? You'd do well to lose 5-0 to Bangladesh! You're Out!"
"You bowled and went for 50 runs, and only scored 30 yourself. You've cost me 20 runs! You're Out!"
etc.
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