John Buchanan

John Marshall Buchanan (born 5 April 1953) is the current First XI cricket coach at Brisbane Boys' College, and a former cricket coach of the Australia national cricket team and of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the Indian Premier League. John Buchanan is a King's Old Collegian (University of Queensland, Brisbane) and is also an old boy of The Southport School, located in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Buchanan is also known in cricketing circles as 'Ned Flanders', due to his similarity in appearance to the character in The Simpsons. Buchanan led the Australian teams to being the champions of both the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2007 Cricket World Cup, along with winning the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. Early career Buchanan had a brief first-class career with Queensland in 1978–79 in which he played in 7 matches and scored 160 runs. He also played league cricket in England including a spell at Hyde Cricket Club in Cheshire. Buchanan began his coaching career in England: he was player/coach/professional for Oldham in Central Lancashire league as well as Cambridgeshire in Minor Counties 1978 and 1979. Oldham won the League and Cup double in 1979 which was first time in over 40 years. Prior to his appointment as Australian head coach, he had five successful years as the coach of Queensland, during which time they won two Sheffield Shield titles, including the first in the state's history in 1994–95, and two Mercantile Mutual Cup titles. He also coached Middlesex in 1998.