Peter Moores

Peter Moores (born 18 December 1962) is an English former first class cricketer who was the head coach of the men's England cricket team.

He moved to Sussex in 1985, but again found his opportunities limited.

Four years later he won his County Cap.

Moores played as a wicketkeeper for Worcestershire and Sussex and captained Sussex in 1997.

In 1997 he was made Sussex captain and became part of the coaching set up.

He retired from playing first-class cricket in 1998 and became a successful coach of Sussex leading the county to the 2003 County Championship.

He retired in 1998 at the age of 36 in order to focus on his coaching career.

Moores scored 7 first-class centuries.

Throughout his career he achieved over 800 dismissals, 727 of these being catches.

After retiring from playing, Moores became coach of Sussex County Cricket Club.

After two county championship titles, he became the England coach.

Moores coached England "A" on their tour of the West Indies in 2000–01 and the English National Cricket Academy from October 2005 to 2007.

Following the Ashes 2006/07 tour of Australia, and Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, Moores was appointed coach of the England cricket team in April 2007 after previous coach, Duncan Fletcher resigned.

The first Test was a draw after heavy rain, and in the second Test at Headingley Moores looked for his first victory.

The third test was located at Old Trafford, in which England won by 60 runs.

The fourth test England won by seven wickets, meaning Moores' first series as head coach he won 3–0.

Moores second series in charge saw him come up against India.

For the Tests, Moores called up Chris Tremlett and handed him his debut in the First Test.

England came close to winning the match but fell one wicket short of a convincing victory, with India hanging on to post 282/9 on the final day after England took a big lead in to the second innings following a hundred from Kevin Pietersen.

Had it not been for the rain delaying play on day five, England would have almost certainly won the match.

This was seen as further improvements being heralded under the regime of Moores.

The second test saw a less convincing performance from England, losing convincingly to India who held a 1–0 lead.

On the third and final test, the match ended in a draw, and India clinched the series 1–0.

This marked Moores first defeat as Coach of England.

The tour of Sri Lanka was Moores first tour overseas.

The tour started with five ODI Internationals.

England were humbled in the first match, being bowled out for 150 chasing 270 to win the game.

The following match saw the tables turned as England bowled Sri Lanka for out for 169 to win the game by 65 runs and level the series 1–1.

England then won the next match of the series which was badly affected by rain, resulting in the match being decided by the DL Method.

The fourth ODI saw England complete a series win after winning the game by five wickets after chasing down 212 to win.

Although England lost the final game by 107 runs after being bowled out for just 104, the 3–2 series win represented major progress for England, who had traditionally struggled on the sub-continent pitches.

England had also gone into the series with a young team, including James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Ravi Bopara, showing that Moores was successfully bringing through a new crop of England players.

He was appointed coach of the full England team in April 2007.

On 7 January 2009 Moores was removed as coach following a public falling out with Kevin Pietersen, who also left his position as England captain.

He became the coach of Lancashire County Cricket Club, on 11 February 2009.

In 2011, he became the only coach to have won the championship with two different counties.

In 2014, Moores was re-appointed to coach the England national men's team, serving until shortly after the 2015 World Cup.

In December 2021, he was appointed as Karachi Kings head coach for PSL 7.

Moores began his career at Worcestershire, where he made a name for himself as a young and talented wicket keeper.

However, his opportunities were limited due to players ahead of him.