Having won the Ashes in such dramatic fashion, Team Director, Andy Flower, acknowledges the part played by the backroom staff. “We have bowling coaches, batting coaches, fielding coaches, sports psychologists, performance directors, nutritionists, masseurs and the guy who makes up vaguely inspirational quotes for our less articulate players.
“However, there’s one area where we’ve been sadly lacking. We needed someone to sort out the players’ lamentably unimaginitive nicknames. Cooky, Swanny and - God help us - Belly. Surely we can do better than that, which is why we’ve given Bob here a two-year contract to come up with catchy new nicknames for all the players in the squad. All we need now is a nickname for Bob”...
