Has Peter Moores has learned from the past?

Has England’s new coach Peter Moores learned from the past sufficiently to take England back to somewhere close to the top of the world game?

Only time will tell of course – but it may well be that England can follow the example set by Australia after their dramatic lull in form and subsequent resurgence – under Peter Moores’ leadership.

Anyone who’s been through the mill in the way Peter Moores has will undoubtedly learn from previous mistakes. Australia demonstrated just how quickly things can be turned round at international level with the right man at the helm.

The 51-year-old Moores first became England coach back in 2007 but was sackedjust two years later partly due to the fact that he had a very public falling out with Kevin Pietersen - who also resigned from the captaincy role.

It’s also fair to say that Moores' management style didn’t fit well with other senior players including Kevin Pietersen's predecessor as captain - Michael Vaughan.

Now it looks like a case of any port in a stormfollowing England’s disastrous 5-0 Ashes defeat in Australia – followed by an equally awful World Twenty20 campaign. This saw a new low as England lost to Holland – so it looks like this is the ideal time for Moores to take back the helm on the basis that the only way is up.

As things stand, England are only slight favourites with the Betfair exchange to beat Sri Lanka in the forthcoming T20 matches. This will be followed by the Test series against India this summer.

And it’s crucial that England put up a good show under Moores’ stewardship.With Betfair.com, cricket betting usually favours those who are shrewd judges of the game and who are able to judge well the shifting fortunes of Test cricket. That’s because punters can back and lay bets continually in play – so those who can read things well tend to do the best.

Whether or not England are worth investing in on a longer term basis under Moores depends on how well you think he’ll do back in charge. But surely things have to improve?

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