by By Richard Bright
Ted Dexter, the chairman of the England selectors, yester-
day defied calls for his own resignation following the deci-
sion by Graham Gooch to stand down as captain. "I'm carrying
on until I'm told otherwise," he said. "I make sure I don't
hear the criticism. When the chairman of the Test and County
Cricket Board picks up the phone and starts bawling me out,
then I shall listen. That hasn't happened so far." Mr Dexter,
whose term of office ends next March, was given a vote of con-
fidence by the counties towards the end of last winter's disas-
trous tour of India and Sri Lanka. Since then, however, Eng-
land's record has not improved. He has been criticised for not
standing alongside his departing captain, but said: "I stayed
in London on Monday to carry out my adminstrative functions
while watching the Test on television." He went on to list a
series of telephone calls he had made after Gooch communicated
his intention to quit "just before start of play". "I wouldn't
have been able to fulfil all these functions if I'd been wan-
dering around a cricket ground," he said.
Thanks ::: The Daily Telegraph (July 28)
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Vicky:
UMass, Aug 04, 1993