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Andy Flower has ruled himself retired of nan moving to return complete arsenic nan adjacent coach of England’s Test squad to prolong nan England and Wales Cricket Board’s hunt for Brendon McCullum’s replacement.
Flower, who was understood to beryllium nan first-choice candidate, had a number of conversations pinch figures astatine nan ECB this week, including Rob Key, nan managing head of men’s cricket who is starring nan search. However, he has informed them that he is not willing successful giving up his roles astatine Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful nan Indian Premier League and pinch London Spirit successful nan Hundred, and that he does not see it feasible to harvester them pinch an world coaching job.
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“The bottommost statement for maine is that I’m very happy successful nan activity that I americium doing astatine nan moment,” Flower said. “I activity for a mates of really bully organisations. I’ve sewage really bully teams astir me, and I’m really comfortable pinch what I’m doing.
“I’ve worked pinch England before, I had an astonishing clip erstwhile I had nan privilege to correspond England arsenic 1 of their leaders, and I retrieve those years really fondly. It would beryllium a privilege for maine aliases anyone other to beryllium nan Test coach. But for maine astatine this time, I’m really comfortable pinch what I’m doing and I’m going to instrumentality pinch that.”
The erstwhile Australia batter and coach Justin Langer, now coaching Lucknow Super Giants, is believed to person moved towards nan apical of nan ECB’s thinking. But Flower believes it would beryllium difficult for immoderate coach to harvester an IPL occupation pinch specified a station arsenic time-consuming arsenic England’s.
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“I can’t speak for different group and it wouldn’t beryllium correct for maine to speak for nan ECB, obviously, they’ll person to make their ain judgments,” Flower said. “For maine personally, I don’t deliberation I could person done both. Especially pinch nan IPL being held during nan first mates of months of nan English summer. If I was England’s Test coach I’d for illustration to beryllium here, watching and interacting pinch nan group I request to watch and interact with. So for me, that wasn’t a possibility.”
