Flower renews England deal

Team director remains on permanent contract.

LONDON:

Andy Flower has https://i1.tribune.com.pk/story/152550/cricket-flower-to-get-new-contract/#mce_temp_url# to remain in the role of England team director, confirmed the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

The former Zimbabwe captain, 43, took over from Peter Moores in January 2009 and has since guided the team to two Ashes series victories and World Twenty20 glory last year.

“Flower will remain on a permanent contract and is currently preparing for an international summer that sees England face Sri Lanka, India and Ireland,” read an ECB statement.

The terms of the contract renewal have not been disclosed, although it is thought Flower - who expressed his frustrations over the team’s hectic winter schedule - was keen on a clause permitting him to miss specific tours in a bid to avoid burnout.

England will face Sri Lanka this summer in a three-match Test series starting on May 26 followed by a Twenty20
and One-Day International series.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4^th, 2011.