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| Graveney dismisses selection rift | Graveney dismisses selection rift |
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| England chairman of selectors David Graveney has played down rumours of a rift over team selection between Duncan Fletcher and Andrew Flintoff. | England chairman of selectors David Graveney has played down rumours of a rift over team selection between Duncan Fletcher and Andrew Flintoff. |
| Newspapers reports have claimed skipper Flintoff and coach Fletcher clashed over Monty Panesar's non-selection. | Newspapers reports have claimed skipper Flintoff and coach Fletcher clashed over Monty Panesar's non-selection. |
| But Graveney said: "I'm not going to speculate on Freddie over-ruling Duncan. They would have reached this decision together. | But Graveney said: "I'm not going to speculate on Freddie over-ruling Duncan. They would have reached this decision together. |
| "Us being 2-0 down isn't about which spinner plays or both playing." | "Us being 2-0 down isn't about which spinner plays or both playing." |
| Interview: David Graveny | Interview: David Graveny |
| Fletcher has been criticised after Panesar, so successful in his first year in Test cricket, was left out of the England team for the first two Tests. | Fletcher has been criticised after Panesar, so successful in his first year in Test cricket, was left out of the England team for the first two Tests. |
| Graveney told BBC Five Live's Sportsweek programme: "I'm disappointed with the amount of criticism that's been aimed at Duncan solely. | Graveney told BBC Five Live's Sportsweek programme: "I'm disappointed with the amount of criticism that's been aimed at Duncan solely. |
| "The way that we've organised English cricket is around collective responsibility - when things go badly, that's a collective responsibility. | "The way that we've organised English cricket is around collective responsibility - when things go badly, that's a collective responsibility. |
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| "The selectors - Duncan, me and Geoff Miller - deliver a squad to the coach Duncan and captain Andrew Flintoff. | "The selectors - Duncan, me and Geoff Miller - deliver a squad to the coach Duncan and captain Andrew Flintoff. |
| "No-one makes a decision on their own. The process has been in place of many tours before, on which we've had a lot of success. | "No-one makes a decision on their own. The process has been in place of many tours before, on which we've had a lot of success. |
| "In the first Test, regrettably our seam bowling was not on the money at all, and in the second one we had a mad hour with the bat. | "In the first Test, regrettably our seam bowling was not on the money at all, and in the second one we had a mad hour with the bat. |
| "We've got great resolve in this team - we've had some success, but we now everyone has to pull together." | "We've got great resolve in this team - we've had some success, but we now everyone has to pull together." |