"Like pretty much all of his predecessors, his reign ended in failure, precipitated by a falling out with Kevin Pietersen (I guess that slips comfortably into the it happens category). Dusting himself down, he went to Lancashire and, in 2011, delivered a first outright Championship to Old Trafford in 77 years. That secured another crack with England, but, not much more than a year after taking the job, the ECB handed him his sandwiches wrapped in a road map once again."
"No doubt he was helped hugely by a man who has also felt the sting of failure but has subsequently navigated his way to redemption. Haseeb Hameed, like his boss, was twice tried by England and twice rejected, and even had time to lose his way at domestic level before recovering his form gloriously. And all by the age of 28. The captain and coach can look one another in the eye and see each other's pain and joy, know that the game can give and take with capricious cruelty, but also know that never is a word that should not really have a place in a cricketer's vocabulary."
Peter Moores grew up in Macclesfield and developed an ability to fit in and communicate across different cricketing environments. He won the County Championship with Sussex in 2003 and was later appointed England coach, a tenure that ended after conflict and disappointment. Moores rebuilt his career at Lancashire, delivering a Championship in 2011, and later returned to county success with Nottinghamshire, claiming a third different county title in 2025. Haseeb Hameed overcame two England rejections and a domestic dip to recover form and captain Nottinghamshire. The coach and captain share experiences of failure and redemption and now celebrate a major collective triumph.
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