India wanted him, but they didn’t get him. It has just been announced that Andy Flower has renewed his contract with the ECB and will remain as England’s ‘Team Director’ i.e. the guy that does the fielding drills, picks the team, and designs team strategies (why they just can’t call him ‘England coach’ is anyone’s guess) for the foreseeable future. After Duncan Fletcher was named as India Coach last week (see, the Indians can call a spade a spade) the announcement was somewhat inevitable...
India want to take our Flower & KP wants the one day captaincy back
News emerged overnight that Andy Flower might be on the shortlist to replace Gary Kirsten as India coach. Oi India! Hands off our coach! You’ve already got the World Cup. Give the rest of us a break. Besides, did you actually watch England in one day cricket’s showpiece? We were rubbish. Flower only does Test cricket. Let us wallow in our ODI misery and enjoy our Test successes. You don’t want to be humiliated by Ireland do you?! Joking aside this rumour is probably just hearsay. We all know...
