{"id":10071,"date":"2014-01-09T16:16:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T16:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/andy-flower-eyes-response\/"},"modified":"2014-01-09T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T16:16:49","slug":"andy-flower-eyes-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/andy-flower-eyes-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Flower Eyes Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Team Director is determined to get England &#8216;moving in the right direction&#8217;<\/h3>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:595.3pt 841.9pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n]]><\/style>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" vspace=\"10\" hspace=\"3\" height=\"225\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/andy%20flower-460x225.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>Team director Andy Flower is determined to get England \u201cmoving in the right direction again\u201d following their 5-0 Ashes defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>Optimism was high as Alastair Cook\u2019s men headed Down Under seeking a fourth successive triumph over the old enemy, having retained the little urn last summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>However, they were unable to hit anything like their best form and ultimately succumbed to a determined Australia side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>The upshot is a result that, while causing understandable frustration, has left Flower determined to lead a revival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>Andy Flower is looking forward to a period of planning as he attempts to get England&#8217;s Test side back on the right track<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t feel pride in the way we played this Test series,\u201d admitted Flower. \u201cBut I am proud of my involvement with England cricket and the results we have had over the years we have been working together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think it\u2019s important that we review this logically and, as I said, learn from some of the mistakes that we have made and ensure we get English cricket moving in the right direction again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>Flower concedes that, in order to lead said resurgence, he may need to make changes of some form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t have long until the next Ashes in 2015 but there is five months between now and our next Test series that England play,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo we have got a little time to think about what we\u2019re doing with the Test side. You can see how quickly things have moved between last summer and now so there is time to get things right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs part of our review, we will be looking at playing personnel and support staff to make sure we have the right people on board for the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>While Flower will hope for a quick turnaround, he concedes that it may prove a longer-than-expected process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis will be a new start and so it should be,\u201d he said. \u201cIt does feel like the end of some type of era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe might have to take a little more pain before we have sustained success again and we might have to ask for a little patience in that regard over the coming months.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>Flower, however, sees plenty of bright spots \u2013 particularly in the form of Ben Stokes, who was outstanding in his debut series with bat and ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>He enthused: \u201cIt was great seeing Stokes stand up in quite an intense Test series and it was nice getting a little glimpse of Gary Ballance, who handled himself well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd we know youngsters like Joe Root and Steven Finn are very much part of the England cricket future. I look forward to them taking part in English success in the future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Director is determined to get England &#8216;moving in the right direction&#8217; &#13; Team director Andy Flower is determined to get England \u201cmoving in the right direction again\u201d following their 5-0 Ashes defeat. &#13; Optimism was high as Alastair Cook\u2019s men headed Down Under seeking a fourth successive triumph over the old enemy, having retained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}