Duncan Fletcher
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Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948 in Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer and current coach of the English cricket team. Fletcher was Zimbabwe's first-ever one-day international captain, leading them to their famous victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup over Australia. Fletcher also captained Zimbabwe to victory in the 1982 ICC Trophy.
On 13 September 2005 Fletcher was awarded British citizenship after a five year wait. Although both his parents and all his grandparents were English, Fletcher had been denied citizenship by virtue of the fact he spent most of his time abroad - touring with the England team. After the Ashes series win of 2005, the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, intervened to award Fletcher his long-sought citizenship.
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Fletcher's sister, Ann Grant captained the Zimbabwe women's field hockey team which won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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1 Hussain | 2 Stewart | 3 Anderson | 4 Blackwell | 5 Caddick | 6 Collingwood | 7 Flintoff | 8 Giles | 9 Harmison | 10 Hoggard | 11 Irani | 12 Knight | 13 Trescothick | 14 Vaughan | 15 White | Coach: Fletcher |
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