PETER HAYTER

Brains trust: James Whitaker, left, with coach Trevor Bayliss and director of cricket Andrew Strauss
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James Whitaker is a decent bloke whose efforts to help find the right players for England were tireless. But it is one thing watching loads of cricketers play and another thing entirely being able to see if they can play.
Former England coach Duncan Fletcher, who, with skipper Michael Vaughan and chairman of selectors David Graveney, put together the team that brought them England’s memorable Ashes victory of 2005, reckoned it took him about 15 ...