"David Anthony Graveney" Order of the British Empire/OBE is a leading figure in English cricket team/English cricket and former chairman of the England Test cricket/Test selectors, a post he held from 1997 until 2008. Graveney attended Millfield/Millfield School in Somerset.

He led a successful first-class cricket career between 1972 and 1994. He was a useful right hand batsman and an orthodox left-arm spinner who represented Gloucestershire County Cricket Club/Gloucestershire (1972–1990) (Captain (cricket)/captain 1982–1988), Somerset County Cricket Club/Somerset (1991) and Durham County Cricket Club/Durham (1992–1994) (captain 1992–1993). He took 981 wickets in 457 first-class matches (with a personal best of 8/85) and 287 wickets in 382 List A limited-over matches (with a personal best of 5/11).

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I hope Michael does get in. We have no input into it but I was disappointed Duncan Fletcher missed out as he is coach of the second-best side in the world.

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Simon is continuing to make progress in his recovery from injury and we will give him as much time as he needs in order to prove his fitness.

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Darren would like to make it clear that he has not decided to retire from one-day international cricket and the selectors fully understand his reasons.

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It will not be easy - but he's done it before and he is the right guy.

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James Anderson has big match experience with England and we feel that his inclusion in the squad will give the captain and coach another bowling option in the event of Simon Jones being unfit to play.

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Darren asked the selectors not to consider him for the tour of Pakistan for personal reasons and we respected his wishes. With Liam Plunkett and James Anderson performing well in Pakistan and Simon Jones now available for selection again, the selectors feel the priority is for these players to gain as much experience of one-day cricket as possible ahead of the World Cup.

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What he brings to the stage in terms of bowling, batting and fielding is exciting. He's a young guy, got plenty of talent and we're taking the opportunity of including a younger guy to learn as times goes on.

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People have a spring in their step. When you read that the TV ratings exceeded the final night of Big Brother, you know that you're heading in the right direction.

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Until they go through fitness tests it's impossible to know if they are totally right. If you remember, we all thought Simon Jones would be fit to play at the Oval and he didn't.

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