Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Akanga ari, sokutaura kwakaita imwe nhengo yebhodhi reECB, aiva netsaona dzakawandisa nokuda kwebasa rakamuona achinetseka mukutarisana nemigumisiro inotyisa yeAshes whitewash. Paul Downton akanga akashinga zvakakwana kuti aite zvisarudzo zvikuru mumwedzi yake 14 yokutanga somutungamiriri mukuru weEngland asi jeri richiri kunze pavari vose panguva apo kuchema kwekuchinja kwakakura zvikuru. Yakanga iri Downton iyo yakaita danho guru rokudzinga Kevin Pietersen ndokugadzazve Peter Moores somurairidzi weEngland. Paul Downton asiya basa rake somutungamiriri mukuru weEngland neWales Cricket Board. Kufamba uku kwakauya zuva rimwe pamberi pemusangano webhodhi reECB uyo waifanirwa kukurukura ramangwana reDownton. KUBVA muna October 2013. Downton, aimbova muchengeti we wicket weEngland, anogadzwa kuva maneja mukuru weEngland neWales Cricket Board, chinzvimbo chake chichatanga kushanda musi wa 1 Kukadzi 2014. KUBVA muna February 2014. Pashure pokuramba kweAshes, Kevin Pietersen nomurairidzi mukuru Andy Flower vanodzingwa. Pashure pemazuva okuramba vakanyarara, mashoko ehurumende pamusoro pokudzingwa kwaPietersen ndeokuti ECB yaida "kuumba tsika" umo kaputeni Alastair Cook aiva ne"rutsigiro rwakakwana rwevatambi vose". MUSI waMarch 2014. England inoraswa zvinonyadzisa neHolland pamakwikwi eWorld T20. Ravi Bopara ndiye akahwina zvibodzwa zvikuru zveEngland aine 18 chete. KUBVIRA muna April 2014. Downton anogadza Peter Moores, uyo akanga apedza mwaka mina yapfuura semurairidzi mukuru kuLancashire, kwenguva yechipiri semurairidzi mukuru weEngland. MAY 2014. Downton neECB vanokumbira ruregerero kuna Pietersen nekutaura kuti airatidzika se"asingafariri" uye "asingafungi" panguva yechishanu yeAshes Test muSydney. JUNE 2014. England inorasikirwa nemutambo weTest pamusha kuSri Lanka. Chikwata cheSouth Asia chakanga chambokunda muEngland muna 1998 <unk> mumutambo mumwe chete weTest. JULY - AUGUST 2014. England inorasikirwa neTest yechipiri neIndia, asi inodzoka kuzokunda nhevedzano yepamusha 3-1. MuMuedzo wechishanu, England inopa India kukundwa kwavo kwechitatu kwakakomba munhau. ZVINOKOSHA KUZVIPINDA: December 2014. Cook anodzingwa somutungamiriri wezuva rimwe chete uye anotsiviwa naEoin Morgan, achiratidza kuguma kwegore rinosuruvarisa reEngland umo vakakunda...
Paul Downton akabviswa somutungamiriri mukuru neChitatu. Downton akarasikirwa nebasa rake zvichitevera kuita kwakashata muWorld Cup ya2015. Rondedzero yebasa romurume ane makore 58 okukura yakabviswa somugumisiro.