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Eric Simons will join Stephen Fleming’s Test staff after years working with him in franchise cricket and as former South Africa coach.
- On Monday, the England Cricket Board confirmed that Test coach Stephen Fleming has added Eric Simons and James Foster to his backroom team for the England Test side.
- Fleming, who stepped down from his role at the Chennai Super Kings after a 17-year tenure, is now focusing all his attention on England's red-ball cricket ahead of the South Africa tour.
- Simons, a former South Africa head coach who worked with Fleming in the Indian Premier League, joins as bowling coach, while Foster returns as fielding coach after previous England service.
- The England Test team's backroom also features Marcus Trescothick and Richard Dawson as batting and spin bowling leads, while Brendon McCullum leads the white-ball teams under the new split structure.
- Fleming's tenure begins with England's upcoming Test tour of South Africa later this year, marking his first series in charge of the red-ball team.
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Former South Africa head coach Eric Simons and ex-England wicketkeeper James Foster have joined the senior men's red-ball coaching staff under newly-appointed head coach Stephen Fleming, said the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday.
·New Delhi, India
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