For which country did ex England coach Duncan Fletcher play Test cricket
Duncan Fletcher Duncan Fletcher Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher (born 27 September 1948) is a Zimbabwean ex-cricketer and the former coach of the Indian cricket team. He was the coach of the England cricket team from 1999–2007, and is credited with the resurgence of the England team in Test cricket in the early 2000s. Fletcher was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (modern day Harare, Zimbabwe) and was one of five brothers in a Rhodesian farming family. Fletcher took Zimbabwe to victory in the 1982 ICC Trophy. Fletcher never played Test cricket in his playing career. Under Fletcher the England cricket team achieved famous
England cricket team deputising for the injured Vaughan, lost all five Tests to concede the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years. In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, England lost to most of the Test playing nations they faced, beating only the West Indies and Bangladesh, although they also avoided defeat by any of the non-Test playing nations. Even so, the unimpressive nature of most of their victories in the tournament, combined with heavy defeats by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, left many commentators criticising the manner in which the England team approached the one-day game. Coach Duncan Fletcher resigned after eight years