We didn't bowl well. The guys knew the plan, but the harder they tried, the less they seemed to land it in the right areas.
Duncan Fletcher quote Everyone will be there, I don't know if they'll participate. It's going to be a fun afternoon. [on Vaughan's benefit match]
Duncan Fletcher quote Jones was off, he was looking after a sore ankle and I don't think we could have gone on with 10
Duncan Fletcher quote Those were the circumstances, if you want to take a run to the cover fielder and get run out, whose fault is that? [on Ponting's sour grapes about being run out]
Duncan Fletcher quote Guys go off to excuse themselves, nature calls and that's how it goes
Duncan Fletcher quote We felt we had a little bit of momentum going and that there was a psychological effect, we were bowling well and were up on the Aussies and it was a good position to put them in again [on making Australia follow on for the first time in 19 years]
Duncan Fletcher quote He's still a relatively young captain but he shows real imagination and his fields are well thought out, it just depends, sometimes you have to stop the fours, sometimes you can let them go by [on Michael Vaughan]
Duncan Fletcher quote I don't think we really measured the enormity of the whole occasion. I'm very, very surprised. We never expected it. When I set out in May we didn't realise how big this was. Only now have we realised the importance of this. [on the 2005 Ashes win]
Duncan Fletcher quote Biography
England cricket coach, previously with Glamorgan