For the American Senator and lawyer, see Duncan U. Fletcher

Duncan Fletcher

Personal information
Full name	Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher
Born	(1948-09-27) 27 September 1948 (age 63) Salisbury, Rhodesia
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Coach
Relations	Allan Fletcher (brother)
International information
National side	Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 3)	9 June 1983 v Australia
Last ODI	20 June 1983 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1984–1985	Western Province
1969–1980	Rhodesia
Career statistics
Competition	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	6	111	53
Runs scored	191	4,095	1,119
Batting average	47.75	23.67	28.69
100s/50s	0/2	0/20	1/7
Top score	71*	93	108
Balls bowled	301	12,352	2,422
Wickets	7	215	70
Bowling average	31.57	28.03	23.60
5 wickets in innings	0	5	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	4/42	6/31	4/41
Catches/stumpings	0/–	75/–	20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 December 2008

Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, formerly captain of the Zimbabwean cricket team and the current coach of the Indian Cricket Team. He has been appointed as coach of the Indian Cricket Team on April 27, 2011. Fletcher is largely credited with rejuvenating the fortunes of the then flagging English team, with the team rising from bottom of the Test rankings to second under his tenure as coach.

Early life[link]

Fletcher was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) and was one of five brothers in a Rhodesian farming family.

Career as player[link]

Fletcher was Zimbabwe's first-ever One Day International captain, leading them to their famous victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup over Australia, winning the Man of the Match award for his individual performance.^[1] Fletcher also took Zimbabwe to victory in the 1982 ICC Trophy. Duncan Fletcher has never played Test Cricket.

Career as coach[link]

Under Fletcher the England cricket team achieved famous series victories away to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa between 2000-2004. In 2004 England won an English record 8 consecutive tests, beating New Zealand 3-0 and West Indies 4-0 at home respectively, before winning the first test in South Africa. His most famous and largest achievement however came in September 2005, when he became the first coach of the English team to win an Ashes series for 18 years when England secured 2-1 victory over Australia.

In recognition of this winning the Ashes after 18 years, Fletcher was conferred with the OBE. On 13 September 2005 Fletcher was awarded British citizenship after a five year wait. Although both his parents and all his grandparents were ethnically English, i.e., of English/British descent, 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.^[2]

Fletcher received heavy criticism from all quarters after preferring Ashley Giles to Monty Panesar as England's main spinner in the first two Tests of the 2006-07 Ashes series; Giles took three wickets in two Tests, while Panesar, when given the chance in the third Test, took five wickets in the first innings and three wickets in the second innings. Following defeat to Australia by 206 runs in the third test on 18 December 2006 which saw England relinquish the Ashes 15 months after gaining them, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that Fletcher's position as head coach was under review. Despite a brief reprieve in early 2007 when England won the Commonwealth Bank Series, Fletcher came under increased criticism as England performed poorly in the World Cup, which culminated in a nine wicket loss to South Africa in which the team were booed off the field by England's Barmy Army. It was later announced, on 19 April 2007, that his 8 year tenure as coach was to end following England's final Super 8 match against the West Indies on Saturday 21 April 2007.

England's test record improved almost as soon as Fletcher took over in 1999, however the fortunes of the one-day side plummeted under Fletcher and ironically the only major success in one day cricket under the Fletcher era came a mere three months before his exit, as England won the Commonwealth Bank Series by defeating Australia early in 2007.

In November 2007 Fletcher confirmed that he was considering a switch to rugby, stating "I'd like to be a rugby consultant. I have some ideas...I love my rugby, I would rather watch rugby than cricket. I'm passionate about it, it's the game I'd like to have been involved in."

On 5 November 2007 Fletcher's autobiography Behind The Shades was published.

In November 2008 it was announced that Fletcher would take on a consultancy role with Hampshire for the 2009 season,^[3] days later he took a similar role with the South Africa team ahead of their Test series with Bangladesh and Australia.^[4]

Fletcher has been appointed as the coach of the India cricket team on 27 April 2011,^[5] with a two-year contract. Fletcher was one of the leading candidates for appointment as coach of the India national cricket team.^[6] Fletcher bagged the top job in the India national cricket team ahead of names like former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming and former Zimbabwe skipper Andy Flower. Fletcher is reported to be outgoing India coach Gary Kirsten's recommendation.^[7]

Family[link]

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.

His brother, Allan Fletcher, played seven first-class games for Rhodesia in the late 1970s.

References[link]

External links[link]

• FACEBOOK PAGE OF DUNCAN FLETCHER
• Cricinfo page on Duncan Fletcher
• Duncan Fletcher article, - hero or culprit?

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 1983 Cricket World Cup 1 Fletcher (c) 2 Brown 3 Butchart 4 Curran 5 Heron 6 Hick 7 Hogg 8 Houghton (wk) 9 Paterson 10 Peckover 11 Pycroft 12 Rawson 13 Shah 14 Traicos

v t e England squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup 1 Knight 2 Caddick 3 Hussain 4 Stewart 6 White 11 Flintoff 15 Irani 22 Hoggard 23 Trescothick 28 Harmison 29 Giles 37 Blackwell 40 Anderson 50 Collingwood 99 Vaughan Coach: Fletcher

v t e England squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 5 Collingwood 7 Bell 9 Anderson 11 Flintoff 14 Strauss 17 Plunkett 18 Lewis 19 Mahmood 24 Pietersen 34 Dalrymple 36 Joyce 39 Broad 42 Bopara 46 Panesar 47 Nixon 99 Vaughan Coach: Fletcher Stuart Broad was called up to replace Jon Lewis, who had to return home due to family problems

Manoj Kumar Tiwary (born November 14, 1985) is an Indian cricketer, from Howrah, West Bengal.

An aggressive right-handed batsman, Tiwary has gained attention from selectors and fans through his strokeplay and high run scoring in Indian Domestic Cricket. Because of his front foot play and ability to attack the bowler by charging down the pitch, many have compared his batting style to England's Kevin Pietersen. Along with being a solid batsmen, he also bowls useful legspinners part-time and is athletic in the field.

Career[link]

Tiwary about to catch a ball at fielding practice.

First Class[link]

Tiwary plays domestic cricket for Bengal. His quick rise gained the attention of national selectors by just taking 14 games to score over 1000 runs, at an average of 56. He has a highest score of 210 not out but his best innings to date was arguably his match winning 151* in the 4th innings to give his side victory over Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy Super League semi final of 2006/07. Bengal lost to Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final and Tiwary finished the campaign with 796 runs at 99.50 from his 7 matches. The season aggregate was the highest ever for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy, going past of record of Arun Lal which was set in 1993-94.[1] In the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy, Tiwary went past his highest first-class score of 210 as he scored 267 against Madhya Pradesh.

International[link]

After India's failure at the 2007 World Cup, veteran players Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were rested for India's tour of Bangladesh. Tiwary was named in the ODI squad, however he failed to make the playing eleven after sustaining an injury in training, the morning he was supposed to debut. He eventually made his debut against Australia in the 2008 Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series in which he scored only 2 runs in his only innings. He was later included in the India team for the West Indies tour of 2011, as a replacement for Yuvraj Singh, who opted out of the series due to a lung infection. Manoj Tiwary played the 4th and 5th ODI in the series. He later got picked for England's tour of India in October. He played in the 5th ODI and got 24 runs. He also played the only T20 and scored 15 runs. Tiwary was subsequently named in the squad for the ODI's against West Indies in November–December. He played in the 5th ODI at Chennai when India was down by 2 wickets for only 1 run in the very first over of the match. He then went on build a solid innings which got him his scoring maiden ODI century (104 not out) despite having cramps and retired soon after getting his century.^[1] Eventually India won the match by 34 runs and he was awarded the Man-Of-The-Match for this match-winning knock. Tiwary also was picked for the Commonwealth Bank tri-series against Australia and Sri Lanka,but he didn't play any matches. Manoj Tiwary was again selected in the indian team for the Asia Cup 2012 where again he didn't play any matches. Tiwary was also selected for the lone T20 against South Africa which was played celebrating 150 years of settlement of Indians in South Africa.

Indian Premier League[link]

Tiwary was signed by the Delhi Daredevils for a sum of USD 675,000 in the initial seasons of the Indian Premier League . He was traded to the Kolkata Knight Riders in exchange for Moises Henriques before the 2010 IPL season. In the auction for 4th edition of the Indian Premier League, he was signed by the Kolkata Knight Riders for a sum of USD 475,000.

In the fourth as well as the fifth season of the IPL, he has been a permanent fixture in the Kolkata Knight Riders middle order.

In the final of IPL 2012, Manoj Tiwary hit the winning runs off the bowling of Dwayne Bravo to help Kolkata Knight Riders win the title.

See also[link]

• India national cricket team
• Indian Premier League

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Manoj Tiwary

• Player profile: Manoj Tiwary from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Manoj Tiwary from CricketArchive
• Manoj Tiwary Official Website

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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher
United States Senator from Florida
In office March 4, 1909 – June 17, 1936
Preceded by	William Hall Milton
Succeeded by	William Luther Hill
21st Mayor of Jacksonville
In office 1893–1895
Preceded by	Henry Robinson
Succeeded by	William M. Bostwick
25th Mayor of Jacksonville
In office 1901–1903
Preceded by	J. E. T. Bowden
Succeeded by	George M. Nolan
Personal details
Born	January 6, 1859 Americus, Georgia
Died	June 17, 1936 (aged 77) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Anna Louis Paine
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Unitarian Universalism

Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859 – June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history.

Early life and career[link]

Born near Americus, Georgia, he was still an infant when his family moved to Florida. Fletcher studied law at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated in 1880 and was admitted to the bar the following year. He set up a law practice in the city of Jacksonville, Florida. He was a founding member of the Jacksonville Bar Association and its first president. He was an early investor in 1,300 acres (5.3 km²) in the area now called Fort Lauderdale, more specifically Wilton Manors, to start the company known then as Florida Fiber, a sisal hemp farming operation. He was general consul for several railroads, including the Florida East Coast Railroad, which was operated by Henry Flagler, formerly president of Standard Oil. In 1896, Fletcher was one of three attorneys appointed to administer the bar examination to James Weldon Johnson, who in addition to his many other accomplishments was the first black admitted to the Florida Bar by examination. It was Senator Fletcher who moved that Johnson be admitted to the bar over the objection of another examiner.

Political career[link]

Fletcher became active in municipal politics and was elected to city council in 1887 and served as mayor from 1893 to 1895 and from 1901 to 1903. He rebuilt Jacksonville after the devastating Great Fire of 1901. In 1893, he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives. From 1900 to 1907, Fletcher chaired the Board of Public Instruction of Duval County. In 1908, he served as president of the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Association and later, the Mississippi to Atlantic Waterway Association.

Senate career[link]

In 1909, the Florida Legislature elected Fletcher, a Democrat, to the United States Senate, where he served and was re-elected for four consecutive terms. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him chairman of the United States commission to investigate European land-mortgage banks, cooperative rural credit unions, and the betterment of rural conditions in Europe. President Wilson also appointed Fletcher as a delegate to the International High Commission. Senator Fletcher served on a number of government committees, including the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, where he was chairman from 1916 to 1919, the Committee on Commerce subcommittee investigating the Titanic disaster, the high profile chairmanship of the United States Senate Senate Banking and Currency Committee in 1932, with a mandate to examine the causes of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. His committee, generally known as the Pecora Commission, began a major process of reform of the American financial system and resulted in the passage of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that instituted disclosure laws for corporations seeking public financing plus the 1935 formation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a mechanism to enforce the provisions of the new Acts. In 1928, Senator Fletcher introduced legislation to create the Everglades National Park, which was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934.

Fletcher died in Washington, D.C. and was interred in the Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville.

Senator Fletcher was a trustee of John B. Stetson University and of St. Luke's Hospital Association at Jacksonville. He was vice president of the Children’s Home Society of Florida and honorary president of the Southern Commercial Congress. He also was a member of the American Bar Association and the Florida State Bar Association and president of the Florida Society. In 1907, Senator Fletcher founded the First Unitarian Church in Jacksonville, Florida.

Honors[link]

• Duncan U. Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida
• Duncan U. Fletcher Middle School in Jacksonville Beach
• Duncan U. Fletcher Hall at the University of Florida

United States Senate Elections[link]

Florida United States Senate election, 1908

• Duncan U. Fletcher (D) was nominated for the United States Senate a in primary election on June 16, 1908, and elected by the legislature in its next convening.

Florida United States Senate election, 1914^[1]:

• Duncan U. Fletcher (D) (inc.) – (99.5%)

Florida United States Senate election, 1920

• Duncan U. Fletcher (D) (inc.) – (69.5%)
• John M. Cheney (R) – (26.0%)
• M.J. Martin (Soc.) – (2.5%)
• G. A. Klock (R-White) – (2.0%)

Florida United States Senate election, 1926

• Duncan U. Fletcher (D) (inc.) – (77.9%)
• John M. Lindsay (I) – (12.8%)

Florida United States Senate election, 1932

• Duncan U. Fletcher (D) (inc.) – (99.8%)

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Duncan U. Fletcher

• FLETCHER, Duncan Upshaw at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

v t e United States Senators from Florida Class 1 Yulee Mallory, Sr. Welch Gilbert Jones Pasco Taliaferro N. Bryan Trammell Loftin Andrews Holland Chiles Mack Nelson Class 3 Westcott Morton Yulee Osborn Conover Call Mallory, Jr. W. Bryan Milton Fletcher Hill Pepper Smathers Gurney Stone Hawkins Graham Martinez LeMieux Rubio

v t e Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Banking and Currency 1913-1970 Owen • McLean • Norbeck • Fletcher • Wagner • Tobey • Maybank • Capehart • Fulbright • Robertson • Sparkman Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 1970-Pres. Sparkman • Proxmire • Garn • Proxmire • Riegle • D'Amato • Gramm • Sarbanes • Gramm • Sarbanes • Shelby • Dodd • Johnson