It is hard for selectors, captains, team directors or coaches of successful teams to cast half an eye on the future while attempting to maintain the status quo.
As a field tactician and selector of teams he was, I consider, surpassed by no one and equalled by few, if any".
The records of the Australian Board of Control attest to board member Clem Jones's protestations against Meckiff's inclusion when the selectors' proposed team list was submitted for approval.
Fully reintegrated Pietersen may be after his little imbroglio with selectors and team-mates last summer, which led to his being dropped, but he has not yet had an opportunity to win back, or perhaps capture for the first time, the hearts and minds of England supporters.
As the World Cup begins in Brazil, you have the chance to pick your ultimate squad using the BBC's team selector.
"Being a team selector was proving to be a significant drain on Michael's time and he sees this as distracting from his primary responsibilities as a player and as captain," added Sutherland. .
Hill by now was a team selector and strongly opposed the selection in the team of 40-year-old Peter McAlister, who Hill claimed "was past his best" and "not suited to English conditions".
Acting as a kind of European team selector, moreover, he limited participation in stage three to Germany, the Benelux countries, France and possibly, with luck - so he said - Ireland and Austria.
Burke said that he and the rest of the American team selectors had been consulting with Drury "from the start".
Flower no longer has direct responsibility for England's limited-overs sides but he remains a selector for all teams.
