Acting head coach Andy Flower has spelt out his desire to land the England head coach job on a permanent basis.
Acting head coach desperate for full-time post
Acting head coach Andy Flower has spelt out his desire to land the England head coach job on a permanent basis.
The Zimbabwean has acted as stand-in coach on the tour of the Caribbean after Peter Moores was dismissed from the position in January.
Flower subsequently oversaw a 1-0 loss to the West Indies in the Test series, but received a boost to his hopes of securing the top job as England clinched the one-day series with a 26-run victory in St Lucia on Friday.
The 40-year-old was delighted to sign off what has been at times a troubled tour with a morale-boosting victory, but acknowledges there is plenty of hard work ahead for the side whether he gets the coach's job or not.
"It's been a long tour, a hard tour is some respects, but it's great to finish with a win," he told
Sky Sports.
"I think we've got a hell of a lot of hard work to do, we've only just scraped by in this one-day series, we lost the Test series so there's tons of hard work to do.
"I'd love to be given the opportunity, but we'll see what happens, that decision is out of my hands."
Interview
On his return from the Caribbean, Flower faces an interview with the England and Wales Cricket Board where he will get a final chance to push his claims for the coach's job.
And the former Essex wicketkeeper-batsman admits he already has an idea of the changes he would like to implement should he get the nod.
However, he believes that the relationship he has struck up with new skipper Andrew Strauss will not prove decisive in the decision-making process - although he acknowledges it could well prove advantageous.
"The English cricket board will be thinking medium to long term when they make a decision, so a blueprint of sorts will come out and it's got to make sense and it's got to take us on a winning path and they'll evaluate that and make a decision," he continued.
Of his relationship with Strauss, he added: "I suppose it is an advantage, but I've heard a few things said about that relationship.
"We do get on okay, but getting on well is not that important, it's whether you can combine and make a winning group of men and that's the important part, not whether we get on well or not."
