England's coach said Ponting had abused him after he was run out by a substitute in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge.
India coach Duncan Fletcher has made both local media and Cricket Australia set-up paranoid ahead of the four-match Test series starting on December 26.
England coach Duncan Fletcher said the current side is the best he has ever worked with
Pakistan reached 446 for five, a lead of 158 runs with two days remaining, leaving England staring at their first Test series defeat for two years.
Duncan Fletcher's contract as The Board of Control for Cricket in India was extended by one more year despite a below-par track record, setting to rest the intense speculation on his future.
Former England coach Duncan Fletcher said that he is "keen" on taking over as the coach of New Zealand, following the exit of Andy Moles. Fletcher, who works as an advisor with South Africa, has not coached full time since leaving England after the 2007 World Cup, The Dominion Post reported.
The Indian cricket team's disastrous campaign in England has taken some sheen off Duncan Fletcher's record as coach and he is now only left with the five-match ODI series, which starts in Chester-le-Street on Saturday, to gain some lost ground.
Graham Ford and Duncan Fletcher are the latest names linked to the Indian coaching post.
The under-fire Indian cricket team, which lost the disastrous tours of South Africa and New Zealand, left for Bangladesh to participate in the ICC World Twenty20 Championships on Friday without holding the customary pre-departure press conference.
Duncan Fletcher etched his name into the record books by becoming the first cricket coach to complete a century of matches at the helm of affairs of a national team during the first Test between India and England at Lord's.
England's coach says it was a "travesty" that he was not chosen to lead the Rest of the World team against Australia in the recent Super Series.
Sir Ian Botham was a worrying influence on Andrew Flintoff during England's Ashes tour of Australia last winter, says former England coach Duncan Fletcher in the latest extract of his autobiography.
England coach Duncan Fletcher, a hero last year when his team regained the Ashes, was blamed on Saturday for their miserable performances on the current tour of Australia.
With Ravi Shastri being appointed as the Director of the Indian cricket team, the days of current chief coach Duncan Fletcher seems to be numbered as there is a question mark about his presence during the upcoming home series against the West Indies.
Duncan Fletcher has the worst record in Tests among all his predecessors. Under him India also suffered the ignominy of back-to-back whitewashes in England Australia in 2011. Yet, he was given a year's extension by the BCCI.
England coach Duncan Fletcher gave equal chance to both India and England to win the third and final Test.
Former captain Michael Vaughan should be recalled to solve England's batting problem at number three in the order for the Ashes series against Australia later this year, former coach Duncan Fletcher said Thursday.
Former captain Rahul Dravid believes that Duncan Fletcher has a lot to offer in Indian cricket and said the Zimbabwean should be given more power in team selection to prosper as coach.
Duncan Fletcher has not had the best of times since taking over as India cricket coach but veteran batsman Rahul Dravid says he should not be written off just yet as the Zimbabwean needs "more time and space" to produce results.
England coach Duncan Fletcher has warned his side against overzealous use of the sweep shot in the second one-dayer against India on Friday
India coach Duncan Fletcher has flown to Cape Town, South Africa to attend the funeral of his mother, who passed away earlier this week.
The younger lot impressed him in the ODI series and now new India coach Duncan Fletcher says he can't wait to work with the seniors in the Tests against West Indies as more than the players, it is he who would learn from the experience.
Officials will meet with the coach to discuss extending his contract beyond next September.
Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer wants Duncan Fletcher axed as the Indian team's chief coach, and the appointment of Ravi Shastri and Dilip Vengsarkar to guide the team after the 3-1 drubbing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men received in the five-Test series in England.
The ECB said Fletcher's position would be reviewed after next year's World Cup in the West Indies.
"You have to adopt containing tactics with their batting line-up because they are so strong up-front," Fletcher said.
The upcoming limited overs series in Sri Lanka will be a big test of Duncan Fletcher's credentials as coach of the Indian team, which seems to have hit a roadblock ever since he took over.
Going through a tough phase of late, Indian cricket coach Duncan Fletcher says "there's been no middle road" with his team's performances since he took over the job after the World Cup last year.
Ricky Ponting's rant about England's alleged lack of respect for the spirit of the game rings hollow because Australia is the team which violates it most, said Ashes winning coach Duncan Fletcher.
Ending speculation about coach Duncan Fletcher's role in the five one-dayers against England, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that the Zimbabwean will stay as "boss" of the team until the 2015 World Cup.
India's decision to settle for an easy draw rather than push for a win in the third Test against the West Indies may have surprised many but coach Duncan Fletcher said it was 'commonsense' to not go for runs on a difficult Windsor Park pitch.
Impressed with the young side that has dominated West Indies in the ongoing ODI series, India's new coach Duncan Fletcher declared that given the talent, his wards can dominate world cricket for the next 5-10 years.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's all-powerful Working Committee will meet in Mumbai next week, but it is not known whether the Indian team's recent poor performance against England and Pakistan would be deliberated upon.
His first assignment as India's cricket coach is also a redemption mission for Duncan Fletcher as it was in the West Indies four years ago that he last left as head coach of a national side.
Newly-appointed India cricket coach Duncan Fletcher ruled out adopting a dictatorial style of functioning when he commences his assignment with the World champion team, saying he will spend some time with the players before deciding if any changes are required.
India's morale-sapping second Test humiliation against England has triggered a desperate wave of soul-searching back home with some former players questioning spinner Harbhajan Singh's place in the side and the appointment of coach Duncan Fletcher.
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