60 Quotes by Duncan Fletcher

It is difficult for them. People are not like machines; you cannot tell them 'new wicket, new conditions, get out there and perform'.

We had to treat him with kid gloves, just say half-pace, and today he looked pretty effective out there.

We had to really work hard at it because it was difficult to get runs. We would have liked to have scored a few more runs a bit quicker but we're pretty happy with what happened.

We have always maintained we need a balanced side. Liam Plunkett has come in to do a job, he is a very inexperienced player and we are asking a lot of him at the moment.

We needed Simon Jones's type of bowling which balances our bowling attack.

We need Michael back as captain as well as a player. He is a very successful captain and very inspirational.

We have a very good idea of what our strongest one-day side is. If everyone's fit and ready to go there is probably only one position we would want to look at sometime over the coming weeks.

We'll look at the No 8 position when we see the conditions. By all accounts it's a two-spinner pitch so there's every chance we'll play two.

Simon Jones was so important and is going to be a big loss. It is a chance for someone like James Anderson to step up to the mark