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Graham Ford, former coach of South Africa, has expressed his interest to become the next coach of England national team. However, he does not want to rush for the job before knowing if he would get full support of the players. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has recently sacked Peter Moores in the wake of his fall out with Captain Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen also resigned as England captain for the same incident recently. The conflict between captain Pietersen and Coach Moores reminds me of the much-talked about coach-captain conflict of South Asian cricket power India. I can remember that former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was dropped from the team following his fall out with the then Indian coach Greg Chappell.

ECB named Andrew Strauss as the new captain ahead of England’s West Indies tour, but there will be no interim coach for the West Indies tour. ECB is still in search of a new coach for England cricket team. Graham Ford is currently working with English country team Kent. Ford coached South Africa national team from 1999 to 2001, guiding them to win 8 out of 11 series during his tenure as South Africa’s coach.

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