selection has also helped create a Club England ethos and a team of genuine friends as well as sporting colleagues.

And that development was further embellished by the introduction of central contracts which meant England's premier players were not over-taxed by the daily grind of county cricket and came under the control of the ECB.

Newcomers, many of whom have been tutored in the ways of Fletcher's England at the Academy or in one-day matches, also enter a world in which no stone is left unturned in an effort to help them fulfil their potential and play to their strengths.

Vaughan turned to Fletcher for a one-on-one batting tutorial earlier in the summer when he was struggling for form.

The coach obliged, but bowling is another matter so Troy Cooley took thereins in helping developed a four-pronged pace attack of devastating ability.

Fletcher's eye for detail is fabled. He is a firm believer in technology and is often seen at a Test crouched over a laptop, pouring through facts and figures and the finer detail of the game.

Every player's strengths and weaknesses are analysed, but it is not just his own team under the microscope.

He will have taken as much pleasure from seeing England out-think Australia as he has from seeing them outplay them after concocting plans for each opposing batsman that have invariably been executed to perfection under Vaughan's imaginative and unyielding captaincy.

The final key to victory has been the winning mentality that has been engendered down the years as Fletcher and his team have built upon their successes.

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