Andy Flower wants England’s ODI side to reach pinnacle of rankings – Cricket News Update
After sealing the top position in the ICC Test and Twenty20 rankings, the coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362’s next challenge is to lift England’s One-Day side to the first position on the international standings.
The Poms are currently sitting at the No. 1 position in the Test rankings while they secured the top spot in the recently-announced points table of T20 cricket.
Languishing at the fifth place in the ODI ranks at the moment, the Alastair Cook-led One Day International (ODI) crew is yet to produce a similar kind of spark. Although, the Englishmen won the previous ODI series 3-0 against India, but when it comes to
play outside home, the troop has not achieved consistency.
It will be England’s biggest embarrassment of the season, if they lose the ongoing series against India 5-0. The Englishmen are currently four-down in the competition, with the fifth and the final clash underway at Kolkata today, on October 25, 2011.
Flower, who has already set sights on winning the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2015, is worried about England’s dismal performance in the 50-over format of the game and has demanded an improvement from his team.
“Unfortunately the result of this series is already in the past, but now, it is a case of trying to learn as much as we can as a side and develop,” said Flower while expressing disappointment over his team’s inability to produce anything special on the tour
to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 is yet to enjoy World Cup triumph and to guide the side to the victory in the showpiece event is definitely Flower’s ultimate goal as the coach of the side.
He pointed out many areas the players need to work on and improve in the following days. Since the next mega event which is scheduled to be held in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and England is not very far away, the guys are required to start preparing for the big battle now,
The Daily Express quoted him as saying.
Talking about his strategy for the next World Cup, the former Zimbabwean skipper shared, “There are various areas we can improve - we’re all well aware of that - but we have to start building now towards the World Cup.”
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