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Peter Moores: Lancashire coach handed England job again

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Peter Moores is re-appointed as England coach

Peter Moores has been confirmed as England head coach for a second time.

The Lancashire coach, 51, previously led the national team between 2007-09 but was sacked after being involved in a dispute with batsman Kevin Pietersen.

Moores, who took Lancashire to the 2011 County Championship title, succeeds Andy Flower, who resigned in January after a 5-0 Ashes defeat by Australia.

"Peter is the outstanding coach of his generation. This is the future," said England managing director Paul Downton.

"He will return to the role as England head coach with a great deal more experience and understanding of the challenges that the role presents," added Downton, who replaced Hugh Morris as MD and commenced his role in January. "I believe that this is his time."

Moores will take charge of England's Test, one-day international and Twenty20 teams, a position one-day coach Ashley Giles had been favourite for following Flower's resignation.

Giles lost what proved to be his final match with the limited overs side, a World T20 game against minnows the Netherlands last month, but Downton said: "The defeat didn't cost Ashley Giles his job.

"I think this has just come too early for Ashley - but it's by no means the end - I'll be surprised if he doesn't come back and maybe in the future he will be England coach."

Others under consideration for the post included Nottinghamshire coach Mick Newell, Sussex's Mark Robinson and former Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss.

Downton revealed that "advanced negotiations" were in place to appoint an assistant coach, thought to be current Sri Lanka coach Paul Farbrace, who formerly worked at Kent and Yorkshire.

"In the past we have split the roles, but a senior assistant seemed to be the best way forward. I'm comfortable if we can make that appointment it will work well," Downton added.

Moores led England in seven Test series, starting with a 3-0 win over West Indies, after replacing Duncan Fletcher as coach before a breakdown in his relationship with then captain Pietersen.

A former Worcestershire and Sussex wicketkeeper, Moores was appointed as Lancashire coach in February 2009 on a three-year contract, having previously led Sussex to the County Championship title in 2003.

Lancashire had not won the championship outright since 1934 when he arrived. They ended the long wait in 2011 but were relegated 12 months later, bouncing back as Division Two champions last year.

"It's exciting," he said of his return to the international arena. "I loved my time the first time round. I would do certain things differently, but I'm looking forward to another go and building for the future.

"No one has a right to the job at all. You have to earn that right.

"Since being England coach first time I've had five years at Lancashire which I've loved. Coaches have to develop and I think I've done that, and I'm looking forward to bringing that back here.

"You learn from mistakes. You develop. I look back at last time and I'm proud of some of the things that happened. But you try and help players as a coach, you learn to help people in a better way. That's something I've got better at over time and can hopefully bring that to the set-up."

England Test and ODI captain Alastair Cook was the third member of the panel at the media conference and he said: "For me it's a very exciting time, I've kind of been in limbo since Andy Flower resigned. It's going to be small steps and it's going to take time to rebuild."

England's next match is a one-day game against Scotland on 9 May.

That precedes a limited-overs and Test series against Sri Lanka, which starts with a Twenty20 match at The Oval on 20 May.

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  • Comment posted by U13716022, at 11:01 19 Apr 2014

    Next move - new captain required.

  • Comment posted by SteveO, at 10:56 19 Apr 2014

    Thank the Lord it isn't Giles.. or rather, thank the Netherlands..

  • Comment posted by Charles G, at 10:46 19 Apr 2014

    I used to think the 'coach' had little impact on the team......until Darren Lehmann was appointed by the Aussies and turned around the poorest Oz team since the 80's.

    I seem to recall we went backwards, rapidly, the last time he was the manager and it wasn't just Pietersen who had issues with Moores.....Vaughan aired his concerns publicly too as well as a few other senior players reportedly.

  • Comment posted by U15238289, at 12:54 19 Apr 2014

    Here's a fun fact on the day that any feint hope that England's most successful batsman may return to the England team disappeared; the last time England scored more than 400 runs in an innings was in March 2013 (vs NZ)!!! Most sensible people would think the batting coach (Graham Gooch) would be the first to be sacked, but then the ECB are clearly not sensible people.

  • Comment posted by 1963Tiger, at 12:01 19 Apr 2014

    So, do we want peace in the dressing room or wins on the pitch?

  • Comment posted by U14833177, at 13:01 19 Apr 2014

    Root and branch reform!!!!, Moores getting second chance, Cook continue as Captain (why??), just let him concentrate on opening and fielding in the slips, Thank goodness Giles did not succeed, hopefully they will not employ him as the spinning coach.
    Was Downton ever an established test player?, how do these people get to run our national game? Beyond me

  • Comment posted by Lunar ash map, at 13:40 19 Apr 2014

    Moores is up and running.........

    "I never fell out with Kevin, Kevin fell out with me,"

    Nothing like sticking to the Script provided by ones new employers!

  • Comment posted by Thanatos, at 10:52 19 Apr 2014

    Better option than Giles who just oozed dullness, he didn't come across as a man motivator!!

    New captain might still be needed though.

  • Comment posted by U14210646, at 10:51 19 Apr 2014

    So.... Brave New England.... Same Old Mob in charge.. Flowers as Top Dog..... Moores Secon Dog and Cook and Broad...... Well.....How brave can you get ECB?

  • Comment posted by U15741547, at 13:09 19 Apr 2014

    @97
    Cook has no balls;
    ++

    The only person who had the potential to captain England from the recent squad was KP, this is why Cook was instrumental in getting rid of him. A tactic he learnt from his mentor Gooch, who got rid of David Gower so he could be the top scorer. Selfish personal glory hunters who run down KP because he has a big mouth, while they keep their poison close to their chest.

  • Comment posted by U1886449, at 11:48 19 Apr 2014

    It almost comes across as though the ECB appointed him just to silence once and for all any suggestions there might be a way back for Pietersen. Not exactly a forward-looking appointment.

  • Comment posted by Stoney, at 10:43 19 Apr 2014

    I was worried it would be the lifeless Giles that was going to be appointed. Quite a brave appointment considering Moore's disasterous last attempt to lead England. I just hope he can restore confidence. Now for a change of captain. Cook is a superb batsman but is uninventive and uninsparational as a captain.

  • Comment posted by Fwd079, at 14:27 19 Apr 2014

    Terrible decision, we needed someone who has no connection to the past, politics won, ECB and Cricket failed.

  • Comment posted by U14368123, at 11:12 19 Apr 2014

    Same old same old.... no imagination just appoint another of the old boys.

  • Comment posted by U1677408, at 17:35 19 Apr 2014

    While I sympathise with a number of comments on here, I should add that the psychological reasons for the EWCB decisions are clear to see.

    They previousy canned Moores because of issues with Pietersen - but now the issues have recurred they're thinking - OK, our bad, the real problem was Pietersen all along.

    But there's one other possibility chaps.

    The real problem is endemic: English cricket.

  • Comment posted by atlas64, at 13:12 19 Apr 2014

    English cricket is in very dark times - both on and off the field. Can't help feeling that the sacking of Pietersen was a deliberate ploy to open up the way for Moores to be reconsidered.
    ECB could have been brave and gone for someone with real leadership instead of another "yes man". The fact that Moores has no International experience is disturbing especially for tough tours to India and Aus.

  • Comment posted by U5418675, at 15:30 19 Apr 2014

    The ECB's choice; average coach OR world class batsman. Hmm lets pick the average coach.
    Pathetic. Downton, Gooch, Cook and Moores should all go it makes me ashamed to be English that such a bunch of utter idiots are running the national team.

  • Comment posted by U15569511, at 20:59 19 Apr 2014

    Getting back into bed with your failed ex after subsequent lovers proved to be even less satisfying....There is simply no way to put a positive spin on this kind of appointment. Going backwards, sideways - anyway but forward. I feel sorry most of all for the young players coming into such a toxic environment.

  • Comment posted by Adam1, at 14:59 19 Apr 2014

    In response to 142 - you are having a joke, the commonwealth games! Cricket is a proper sport and not a hop skip and a jump into a sand pit! Athletics is Mickey Mouse! Go and comment elsewhere if you aren't interested in cricket

  • Comment posted by U15817327, at 11:35 19 Apr 2014

    Weak team, weak captain and now a weak coach - never been so down about english cricket. Thoroughly depressing.

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