Andy Flower

Graham Gooch appointed England batting coach Former Test captain Graham Gooch has been appointed England batting coach on a full-time basis, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Saturday. The 58-year-old had been working as batting consultant of England since November 2009 and will start the permanent role on March 5 when his team starts the preparations for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka. Gooch will work along with Graham Thorpe, who will keep his role as ECB lead...Read Full Story

Andy Flower awarded coach of the year Andy Flower, the coach of English cricket team, took home a big award from 2011 UK Coaching Awards which held in London Tuesday. Flower claimed UK Coach of the Year and High-Performance Coach of the Year honors for heading his team to the top of the Test rankings and dominating over Australia in Ashes series. The other winner of the event includes Malcolm Arnold, who claimed a Lifetime Achievement Award and was recognized for his work with 400m athlete...Read Full Story

England skipper Andrew Strauss believes Andy Flower should be handed the job of coach on a permanent basis with the formidable mission of reclaiming the Ashes this summer.Flower, the former Zimbabwe batsman, took over for the tour of the Caribbean after Peter Moores was dismissed in January following a fall-out with then captain Kevin Pietersen.England lost the Test series to the West Indies 1-0 but Flower then masterminded a 3-2 victory in the one-day series which ended here on Friday."All I...Read Full Story

LONDON - English cricket officials have secured the continuing presence of national coach Andy Flower after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday they had agreed a new contract with the Zimbabwean. Flower has been highly successful since taking over from Peter Moores in April 2009 and though he was already on a permanent contract, the ECB drew up a new deal in the wake of suggestions that he could be poached."Andy Flower has made a huge impact during his time as...Read Full Story

The England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier has hailed the contribution of England team director Andy Flower after he won two prestigious accolades at the 2011 UK Coaching Awards. Flower was named UK Coach of the Year and High-Performance Coach of the Year at an awards ceremony in London, having helped England become the No1 ranked Test side in the world following a 4-0 whitewash of India earlier this year and after leading England to their first Ashes success in...Read Full Story