Peter Moores frustrated by England performances but pleads for patience
Monday 4 May 2015 21:29, UK
Peter Moores claims he is the right man to take England forward despite criticism of their performances in the West Indies.
The future of Moores has come under scrutiny after the West Indies claimed a 1-1 draw in the three Test series with victory in the final match in Barbados on Sunday.
England's performances, especially with the bat, were roundly criticised with their struggles coming so soon after the disappointing World Cup campaign, where they failed to even reach the last-eight.
Moores rejected talk of an enquiry into the results in the Caribbean, and says there needs to be some patience shown with a team he still sees plenty of positive signs from.
Moores told Sky Sports: "The difficult thing when you are judging coaches is no-one is in the dressing room.
"I get the frustration from people wanting England to win now, and be successful and be consistent. Especially coming off the back of what was a very, very good era for English cricket.
"What I would say is I think my record as coach is strong. I think we have seen good improvement in all the players that have been there, the young players coming through.
"There has to be some patience at times. There are some frustrations and I hold those frustrations as much as anybody else. We want to win all the time.
"I also understand after being the game for 30 years it doesn't work like that all the time. You've got to support people, at times you have got to give them really tough messages that things weren't acceptable.
"What we have seen on this trip is a totally committed bunch of players, they've gone for it absolutely. Some of the decision making they might look back and say we might have changed that, or done that better, and they will learn from that. But we want support, as a group and as a coach, to go forward and get ready for this summer."
Moores had earlier said England were improving, while Alastair Cook described himself as pleased with the tour, comments that Shane Warne has taken issue with, claiming England need to make major changes.
Warne wrote on Twitter: "I just read Moores say ENG are improving! Are you serious? Ridiculous, I would demand a huge change asap if I was an England supporter!!!
"Also, just read Cook say that the team had a good tour!!! Are the Capt & Coach on the same planet as everyone else? Honesty please..."
