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Flower stepping down as chief ; ROUND-UP sport [Daily Post (Liverpool, England)](Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CRICKET: Andy Flower has stepped down as England team director. Flower's decision follows a meeting with new England and Wales Cricket Board managing director Paul Downton. Flower has been in charge since taking over from Peter Moores in 2009 and boasts a fine record, but his position became untenable after the Ashes whitewash this winter. The ECB confirmed Flower will continue to act as a selector for the time being and he is hoping to find a new position within the organisation. Meanwhile, captain Stuart Broad admits England's players are looking forward to leaving Australia after their last hope for some redemption at the end of a "torrid" tour was crushed by defeat in the Twenty20 series. Australia coasted to an eight-wicket win with 31 balls to spare at the MCG to complete a whitewash of all three formats. "It's been a torrid tour for team England," said Broad. "We didn't really get going in a one-day series which if we look at it we probably should have won, and lost 4-1, and now we've lost the Twenty20 series." (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |