Too weak, too stern, too strict, too lax: a brief history of England coaches

From top left: Ray Illingworth, David Lloyd, Mickey Stewart, and Keith Fletcher with Mike Atherton. Composite: Getty Images

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Roll up! Roll up! The hunt is on for a new head coaches for the England men’s cricket teams. Gary Kirsten, Graham Ford, Simon Katich … Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting – heck maybe even that Aussie guy the Spin saw get ejected from Edgbaston in the early noughties for throwing cooking apples into the crowd while dressed as an alpine milkmaid – will no doubt be polishing up their CVs and swotting up on their ECB values as we speak.