ECB not troubled over Flower future

Andy Flower

England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier is not worried by the possibility of losing team director Andy Flower to another country.

The Zimbabwean has help turn England into the number one ranked Test side in the world this summer and is a highly rated approximately the world.

Flower turned down a move toward to take over as India coach before they selected Duncan Fletcher and Collier is securing him is committed to England.

"I think Andy made his place very clear when the Indian situation happened," he said on Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme.

"I think he is very established in England and long may that continue. I think the whole of the backroom team is (very important).

"We've urbanized a arrangement over five to 10 years now that has not only delivered plans but has leapfrogged countries in the world and we want to keep that team together."

Collier exposed the ECB were set to sign a new sponsorship deal.

"We're in final deliberations regarding a long-term relationship with new sponsors," he said. "We will be making an statement in the not too far-away future."

Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden claim England's ascent to the best in the world was down to reliability.

"In my career there was a lot of irregularity (in the England team), both in performance and also selection," he said.

"There were so many players coming in and out of the side it was really a turnstile into the English dressing room, but now it's very dissimilar."

He also had chosen out Ian Bell, who scored 235 in the fourth Test with India at The Oval, for special praise.

"Ian Bell has always been a very technically sound player and he’s now dominating Test cricket simply because technically he's sound, emotionally he's grown up, his physical attribute are very good and he's relishing the hard work."

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