Is Peter Moores the man to help England recapture the explosive form which won them the Ashes two years ago.
England endured a disastrous winter, beaten 5-0 by Australia and suffering an early exit from the World Cup.
Moores' plan is to build a strong relationship with captain Michael Vaughan and together develop a team who play with enjoyment and passion, but in a disciplined environment.
"We must see what lessons have been learnt over the winter that we can take forward, hopefully to a very successful period of England cricket.
"We have shown over the last two years, with winning the Ashes here in 2005, that there are some great players and they can play some good cricket.
"The key will be to try and get that cricket played again by the England team and let's see where that takes us. I'm very positive at the moment because we've got these good players. It's been a tough winter but out of tough times you learn a lot.
"They've been very successful up until the last 12 months. The key for me is that we learn from those things that have happened and we actually move forward and learn from those lessons.
"The relationship with the captain is one of the key relationships. There are lots of things that make teams click but the coach-captain relationship is one of the crucial relationships.
"Michael came out to Perth before Christmas and to watch him operate as a man was very impressive. He fitted in very well, inputted to all of the players and I was very impressed and looking forward to working with him.
"His record as a captain is outstanding."
Moores' first major test could come in dealing with crucial all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, whose behaviour during the World Cup attracted unfavourable headlines, particularly when he was accused of drunken behaviour following the opening match against New Zealand.
"Discipline is important in any cricket team because you need to be efficient to get the work done to make sure you can move forward," said Moores. "Discipline is best when it comes from the players themselves and from the environment that is created. Hopefully that is the sort of environment we will have in the England team.
"Am I concerned about Flintoff's lifestyle? I don't want to comment on individual players. Every time I've met Andrew he has been nothing but positive and a fantastic cricketer.
"My job is to help him get the best out of his ability."
Moores created a successful environment as head coach of English county side Sussex and played a major part in them winning the County Championship in 2003.
Now he wants to take the same qualities into the international set-up.
"The success at Sussex was and is based a lot on the environment - safe to a degree but challenging," he explained. "One of the key issues here for me is that people are happy to go out and express themselves as players in a very positive way.
"It started off with hard work and discipline to get it going, and then it built on that and people started to express themselves. We will go out there and play with some passion and try and win some games of cricket."
- Copyright PA Sport 2007
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