David Joseph Parsons has been the England and Wales Cricket Board

England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...

's National Spin Bowling Coach since 27 January 2006.

Parsons attended King Edward VI Five Ways

King Edward VI Five Ways

King Edward VI Five Ways is a selective, humanities specialist grammar school located in the Bartley Green area of south Birmingham, England. As of April 2008, the school has a second specialism, a specialist Science College.-Background:...

 Grammar School for Boys at Bartley Green in Birmingham, where he performed well at cricket and long distance running. His school nickname was Doive, in honour of an accent so thick it was almost impenetrable, even to other Brummies.

On 6 December 2007 Parsons was appointed ECB Performance Director replacing Peter Moores

Peter Moores (cricketer)

Peter Moores is a former English county cricketer. He played as a wicketkeeper for Worcestershire and Sussex He became the coach of Lancashire County Cricket Club, on 11 February 2009....

 who was promoted to the role of England head coach.

Parsons implemented the inaugural ECB Spin Bowling Programme and has taken advice from Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman...

 the man credited with the development of Shane Warne

Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...

. He also visited the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

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During the 2007

2007 in cricket

See also:2006 in cricket,other sporting events of 2007,2008 in cricket-January:* January 3 - Leg-spin bowler Shane Warne picks up his 1000th international wicket to end the England innings in the last game of the 2006-07 Ashes series trapping Monty Panesar lbw for a duck.* January 6 - Australian...

 season Parsons organised two "Spin Camps" where young spin bowlers attended training sessions at the ECB Performance Centre in Loughborough

Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

. This involved spin bowling coaches developing the young bowlers whilst allowing young batsmen to face the spin bowlers and gain experience playing against them.