Kevin Pietersen has sensationally backed the person who successfully ended his worldwide profession to turn into England’s subsequent coach.
With change on the high being thought of following the 4-1 Ashes thrashing overseen by Brendon McCullum, Pietersen has nominated Andy Flower to return to the position regardless of the irretrievable breakdown of their relationship as participant and coach on England’s 2013-14 tour down underneath.
Pietersen and Flower didn’t see eye to eye all through their 5 years collectively regardless of England having fun with appreciable success as a crew, turning into primary within the Check rankings for the primary and solely time and successful a maiden international trophy – the Twenty20 World Cup in 2010.
It led to Pietersen’s central contract being ripped up 12 years in the past this month and Flower, now 57, resigning as head coach days later and taking on a task because the ECB’s technical director of teaching.
However taking to X on Friday morning, Pietersen wrote: ‘It is a WILD thought. I reckon one in all my wildest. Can England carry again Andy Flower now that he’s modified and consistent with the trendy day participant?
‘He will get Check cricket. I’ve been informed by many gamers that he’s modified his methods since our drama. He’s successful leagues so actually does get the trendy day participant. VERY IMPORTANT! Wild, I do know! Ideas?’
Pietersen has beforehand been extremely important of Zimbabwean Flower, branding him a temper hoover within the England dressing room.
Kevin Pietersen didn’t see eye to eye with Andy Flower once they had been each with England
However Flower has carved out a profitable profession as a T20 coach since leaving the worldwide scene, together with successful the Hundred with Trent Rockets in 2022 and delivering a maiden Indian Premier League title after 18 seasons for Royal Challengers Bangalore final 12 months, his second on the helm.
These achievements have made him some of the sought-after coaches on the worldwide scene – he was just lately snapped up by London Spirit to proceed his working relationship with RCB’s director of cricket Mo Bobat – and solid some doubt on whether or not he would quit his present profitable roles for a second go as a nationwide head coach.
McCullum’s ECB contract runs till the top of the 2027 Ashes, however as England’s gamers left Australia, he admitted there could also be ‘somebody higher’ for the job of head coach.
And his probabilities of staying within the job after subsequent month’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka seem like depending on him amending his relaxed type of teaching, following talks with ECB chairman Richard Thompson and chief govt Richard Gould.
The 2 Richards are reluctant to supervise sweeping change, however settle for that issues can’t stick with it as they’ve throughout this winter of unwell self-discipline on and off the sphere.
