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Form follows function
Author's says, what if Coach Michael Vaughan rekindled the Ashes in 2009?
In a statement to the sporting media the managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Hugh Morris explained ~
Pietersen is universally considered to be the most talented stroke-maker in
English cricket over the last thirty years, becoming the fastest batsman to
reach both 1000 and 2000 runs in One Day International cricket and having the
highest average of any England player to have played more than 20 innings of
one-day cricket. Click
After a poor run of form ending with the tearful resignation of
Paul Collingwood had relinquished the one-day international captaincy at the
same time, and Pietersen paid tribute to both outgoing captains but announced
that he would look to captain the team in his own style. Warning that
And so it proved to be the case with England experiencing a poor tour of
India with Pietersen's own form in alarming decline. An inevitable row with
Coach Peter Moores followed. In fact, the pair had been unable to work together
at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Team, and Pietersen had insisted on meeting
Moores before accepting the appointment as England Captain. In a statement in
his newspaper column Pietersen indicated that the situation was not healthy and
that By issuing a little disguised To Pietersen's amazement the ECB did dismiss Moores, but then insisted KP had
to relinquish the captaincy. It was a costly miscalculation by Pietersen, with
his dismissal costing him the £500,000 per year salary that accompanied the
England captaincy. Angered and hurt by his dismissal, and out of pocket,
withdrew from the tour of the West Indies. Instead, he would seek the megabucks
of the Indian Premier League. Bewilderingly , Pietersen had experienced little
success in the Twenty20 form, averaging only 15 runs per innings. It was this
crucial fact that enabled Pietersen to announce with some justification that he
would be Only one surprise remained - Vaughan joined the tour of the West Indies.
Recognising that his career was effectively finished by knee injury, Michael
Vaughan accepted the vacancy of England Coach. During the summer of 2009,
Vaughan became the first man to win the Ashes as both Captain and Coach, a
unique achievement and remarkable turnaround for the
Author's Notes
Moving the team forward, the authority of the leadership to
set direction, and the right of an individual to hold his/her deepest held
conviction is a triangular conflict as old as human history. My position remains
my own, but I do rather enjoy working in teams of one.
Steve Payne Editor of Today in Alternate History, a Daily Updating Blog of Important Events In History That Never Occurred Today. Imagine what would be, if history had occurred a bit differently. Who says it didn't, somewhere? These fictional news items explore that possibility. Possibilities such as America becoming a Marxist superpower, aliens influencing human history in the 18th century and Teddy Roosevelt winning his 3rd term as president abound in this interesting fictional blog.
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7 January 2009 and with less than three weeks before England Cricketers were due
to fly out for a major tour of the West India, team preparations were thrown
into chaos by the dismissal of Coach Peter Moores and Captain Kevin Pietersen
(both pictured). 
This has become an impossible situation
given the irretrievable breakdown of the relationship between captain and coach,
in the present situation it was impossible to restore the dressing room unity,
which is vital if England are to win the forthcoming tour to the Caribbean, the
ICC global events or regain the Ashes in the npower Ashes Test series. Andrew
Strauss has agreed to captain the tour of the West Indies due to begin on 21
January and a search for a new coach will begin immediately.
