Andy Flower will be stay on as England team executive in a permanent capacity, after the ECB established that he had rehabilitated his agreement following discussions in the build-up to the 2011 home campaign against Sri Lanka and India.
Flower, who was first obtainable the role on a enduring basis in 2009, has oversee back-to-back Ashes victories at home and away, during which time the England team has rise from No. 6 in the ICC Test rankings to third at the back India and South Africa.
Aside from the success of mastermind a first series win in Australia for 24 years, he also helped secure England's first worldwide cup in 2010, when they won the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean.
Flower's achievements ensured that he was a major goal for the BCCI in their bid to put back their World Cup-winning coach, Gary Kirsten, a role that finally went to his fellow Zimbabwean and precursor as England head coach, Duncan Fletcher.
Flower's unwillingness to pull up his young family from their home in Stratford-upon-Avon was a factor in his choice, and by extend his staff agreement, rather than offer him a fixed-term deal, the ECB hope to ensure he remains a part of the furnishings for the predictable future.
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