Key talks up Fleming England reset and an imaginary future for Test team
Managing director of menās cricket wants a team that consistently win while preparing future captains and coaches After a chaotic and miserable eight months, in
Managing director of menās cricket wants a team that consistently win while preparing future captains and coaches After a chaotic and miserable eight months, in which Englandās Test team lost the Ashes in Australia, a home series against New Zealand, a captain, a coach, their once rampant self-confidence and a fair amount of respect, the appointment of Stephen Fleming gives them a chance to pivot towards a future that suddenly looks beguilingly bright, if mainly because for now it exists only in the imagination.
On Friday, Rob Key, the managing director of menās cricket since April 2022, refused to admit to making any mistakes in that time. But as he explained the process behind Flemingās recruitment, he
occasionally and inadvertently damned himself. When he spoke about creating an environment designed to hone āall these players with so much potential who need refinementā, he said: āA lot of itās about, can
we bring someone in who can get this team to do the basics bloody well?ā It probably didnāt need to take four years to realise such a person might be useful. Continue reading...
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