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Flower may end up top of the tree

Andy Flower has left his post as director of England cricket team. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt)
Roar Guru
2nd February, 2014
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Hidden in Andy Flower’s resignation speech was the direct answer to English and world cricket’s systems.

ECB Managing Director Paul Downton made sure he was letting the world know Andy Flower was very much a required man.

Flower felt he could not control the Test results if he did not have total control of all three formats in which the England squad competed.

In a word… Management.

So don’t underestimate Flower’s next role.

If he and the rest of the world’s cricketing nations are wise, they will choose a General Manager to oversee the running of the English teams and have a manager to oversee the three formats and squads.

The GM and the manager will select coaches to run the three teams in all specialty areas and perhaps on a day-to-day basis.

What this does is bring a tight knit group of men running the team as a professional outfit.

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Flower could be GM and Andrew Strauss could manage and oversee the Test team, while Ashley Giles could take the one day side and T20 side.

Flower would consult with Strauss and Giles daily on selections for the teams for the national squads etc.

Darren Lehmann has effectively taken over as Australia’s manager of the three teams but Pat Howard is not the man to be his General Manager. That will change in due course.

All countries should work under this system.

It brings continuity, discipline and strategy into focus and the players have one voice to listen to.

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