Andy Flower

Andy Flower has been the best coach England have had but the environment he created has led to 5-0

David Collier, the ECB chief executive, has given a strong indication that Andy Flower will remain as team director after the Ashes series.

There was something about England's cricket team, even when it was winning, that did not entirely connect with the public mood

Andy Flower admitted it feels like the end of an era for his England Test team but does not believe the changing of the guard among the players has to be replicated in the captaincy or coaching staff

England team director Andy Flower will meet with the new managing director of England cricket, Paul Downton, in Sydney over the New Year to plot a way forward for the team after their disastrous tour of Australia

All the qualities that once rendered Andy Flower the perfect man for the job - his intensity, his attention to detail and his demanding personality - have now become the reasons he needs to go

England's head coach Andy Flower accepted that questions would be asked about his own role and that of many of England's senior players after the 3-0 Ashes defeat

ESPNcricinfo looks at five reasons for England's failure to compete in Australia

Andy Flower has said he believes England can fight back against Australia, despite heavy defeats in the first two Tests

After Darren Bravo's superb effort in Dunedin, a look at some other famous match-saving innings in Tests

England's second-innings resistance should not mask the need for change in the team; the only question is whether Andy Flower is the man to lead it

England look jaded, joyless and over-reliant on tired players who have too many miles on the clock; it is hard to avoid the sense that their time has passed

The issue of player burnout may be among the most pressing matters confronting Paul Downton when he replaces Hugh Morris as the managing director of England cricket in the new year

England's coach is so influential, you have to wonder if he has brought the role of football's all-powerful manager to cricket

A selection of people who did well in international cricket against the country in which they were born

England's best sporting moments have mostly come when they have been cast in the role of the scrapping underdog. That has changed somewhat under Andy Flower, though not much

With a complicated web to weave, the ECB may have identified the ultimate company man in charming, soothing Andrew Strauss

He has fallen off his early peak, perhaps inevitably, but it might have to do with having to play in a manner that does not come naturally to him