England Split Casts Shadow Over Summit on Future of Tests
Cricket: The split between Peter Moores and Kevin Pietersen has cast a shadow over a summit on the future of Tests
The breakdown in the relationship between the England captain, Kevin Pietersen, and the head coach, Peter Moores, has thrown a spanner into the works of an innovative England and Wales Cricket Board seminar to debate all aspects of Test-match cricket in this country.
An all-day focus group, entitled A Vision: Preserving and Enhancing the Summit is due to take place on 19 January in Leicestershire, with an invited audience that includes county chairmen, chief executives and sponsors. According to the ECB chairman, Giles Clarke, it is the first time the subject has been addressed in such depth, with all interested parties in attendance.
Pietersen and Moores were due to take part in a panel discussion, chaired by the ECB chief executive, David Collier, on the subjects of preparing, playing, over rates, technology and behaviour, the panel completed by the Australian umpire Simon Taufel and the former England batsman and now ICC match referee, Chris Broad.
However, the prospect of captain and coach appearing together seems remote, with all the signs pointing to Moores losing his job later this week after a personality clash with Pietersen, who is said to believe that the lack of progress of both the team and individual players is mainly the responsibility of a coach out of his depth at the top level.
Two days later, Pietersen will take the side to the Caribbean, almost certainly with a stand-in coach, who ought to be the current batting coach, Andy Flower, but might well prove to be Ashley Giles.
The absence of one or both of Pietersen and Moores ought not to distract too much from an event that may well form the basis of a blueprint for the future. Several of the workshops might interest Pietersen: "Captaining England, Playing and Pathways", featuring Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart and Michael Vaughan; "Selection of England Teams", which will feature the chief selector Geoff Miller; and a number of panels about all aspects of staging Tests.
Meanwhile, the fortnight period for nominations for a new ECB chairman began yesterday. Clarke, who took up the position in September 2007, is understood to be keen on a second term when his tenure ends on 31 March. Candidates for the two-year role must be proposed and endorsed by three members of a group consisting of the 18 first-class counties and MCC.
An all-day focus group, entitled A Vision: Preserving and Enhancing the Summit is due to take place on 19 January in Leicestershire, with an invited audience that includes county chairmen, chief executives and sponsors. According to the ECB chairman, Giles Clarke, it is the first time the subject has been addressed in such depth, with all interested parties in attendance.
Pietersen and Moores were due to take part in a panel discussion, chaired by the ECB chief executive, David Collier, on the subjects of preparing, playing, over rates, technology and behaviour, the panel completed by the Australian umpire Simon Taufel and the former England batsman and now ICC match referee, Chris Broad.
However, the prospect of captain and coach appearing together seems remote, with all the signs pointing to Moores losing his job later this week after a personality clash with Pietersen, who is said to believe that the lack of progress of both the team and individual players is mainly the responsibility of a coach out of his depth at the top level.
Two days later, Pietersen will take the side to the Caribbean, almost certainly with a stand-in coach, who ought to be the current batting coach, Andy Flower, but might well prove to be Ashley Giles.
The absence of one or both of Pietersen and Moores ought not to distract too much from an event that may well form the basis of a blueprint for the future. Several of the workshops might interest Pietersen: "Captaining England, Playing and Pathways", featuring Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart and Michael Vaughan; "Selection of England Teams", which will feature the chief selector Geoff Miller; and a number of panels about all aspects of staging Tests.
Meanwhile, the fortnight period for nominations for a new ECB chairman began yesterday. Clarke, who took up the position in September 2007, is understood to be keen on a second term when his tenure ends on 31 March. Candidates for the two-year role must be proposed and endorsed by three members of a group consisting of the 18 first-class counties and MCC.
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