Botham: England should look beyond Moores

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Ian Botham does not believe Peter Moores is the right man to turn England's fortunes around following their Cricket World Cup failure.

England crashed out of the World Cup with a whimper, failing to reach the quarter-finals after winning only two of their six pool matches.

Moores is less than a year into his second stint as England coach, but legendary former all-rounder Botham has urged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to look beyond the 52-year-old.

He told Sky Sports: "I think you’ve got to change things. You have to look at the coaching. Otherwise, where do England go from here?

"They've got to move on I think, join the rest of the world. They need to stop saying 'we haven't done much wrong' or 'we're not far off'. They're miles away at the moment.

"Look at the way the rest play. We're not at the races. They're still playing as the game was played 20 years ago.

"They think if they get to 280, they've got a good score. That's not even par for the course over here. You have to be dynamic."

Botham has also called for a shake-up of the selection committee and would like to see Paul Collingwood given a role.

He added: "You've given Eoin Morgan the job as captain – give him the 10 best one-day players to take out there with him. I don't think he's had that.

"I think the selection policy is wrong and perhaps you need some younger people on that selection panel.

"People who know a bit more about the modern one-day game. Someone like, say, Paul Collingwood, who I think would be an asset.

"England got it wrong. I just don't think they were up to it and they never looked like going through to be honest."

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