Duncan Fletcher England Cricket Coach

In March 2001 Jenny Booth, writing in the Telegraph, reported that Zimbabwe born England Cricket Coach, Duncan Fletcher's application for British Citizenship had been rejected by the Home Office. The Telegraph article indicated that his first application had been made in 1991 and that in all, three applications had been rejected.

Another Telegraph article published four years later in 2005 suggested that the Home Secretary might use his discredionary powers "to override technical difficulties".

I should bloody well hope so!

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The Home Office have announced that Duncan Fletcher has been given a British Passport. A spokesman for the Home Office said that it was a coincidence that it was granted the day after England won the Ashes series against Australia.