Moores - half term report

Wickman was being entertained by clients last night. He went into the meal (at a very passable Soho eatery) with a heavy heart and boiling stomach. A quick drink at lunchtime followed by a Pret sandwich (Ham and Greve) had left him feeling distinctly unwell. One of a pint of Pride or the sandwich got him as later on (about 3am to be precise), supper revisited in perfect reverse order. Wickman could taste the brand of coffee and the wines in order. Anyway. Wickman mentions this not because he's slated to be playing cricket today is considering quite ho he's going to get through three hours in the field and a DBW tea, but more to give context for a strange discussion about Peter Moores. Wickman thinks Moores has done a cracking job so far. Presented with a West Indies side as weak as a new born kitten, and almost as fluffy, his charges dispatched them with some aplomb - even having to dig deep on occasion to do it. Monty looks better by the game. Bringing in Allan Donald to mentor Harmy seems to have done wonders for him - even his rather bizarre interviews (I'm brilliant and introverted don't you know) seem to have been toned down. The team seems to be making more of its individual talents. There's a spring in its step. Bringing back Sidebottom seems to have worked. Matt Prior - while not Wickman's favourite gloveman (Bob Taylor's too old now Wickman - get over it) is carting the average West Indian bowling all over various counties. Freddy Who? etc etc. Well done Peter, cracking start. Wickman's dinner companion told me an interesting tale. For reasons too convoluted to go into here, she was dining with a former International coach who was annoyed not to be given the England job. That former coach intimated that the contract that Moores was on is shorter than Ebenezer Scrooge's Christmas Card list and gives him about as much security as a chocolate padlock in the tropics (that one took a bit of time - Wickman thinks it will pass muster). Hmmm. My dinner companion's lunch guest was certainly feeling positive about his chances of getting the job if England couldn't put India away...