On call: Englandf coach Andy Flower has a daunting task with little respite in a hectic schedule Photo: PAIt says a lot about England improvements and constant quality that they have lost only 10 of these games. But he said as much in the crowded international route that no player has appeared in all 43 games.
Closest are Paul Collingwood and Graeme Swann, with 40 appearances each, but both had to rest last year, Collingwood jump two Tests against Bangladesh House (he also missed an international day against Pakistan at the oval due to a virus) and being removed from the ODIs Swann houses three against Bangladesh.
Stuart Broad is the next step with 35, having served the same home tests like Collingwood, while lacking an ODI in Bangladesh with back, and then, of course, leaving ash tour after the second Test with a nasty torn stomach muscle injury.
Modern cricket schedules simply do not players to stay on the treadmill year-round. Collingwood is now hop off for testing, Andrew Strauss has done for T20s for some time, but for the rest of their well-being and longevity are at the discretion of the team. Like it or not, remains and rotation should now be an integral part of international cricket.
This leads me to the Director of the team England Andy Flower. When human dropper rest periods Gets a rest himself? The only couple of match days was breached during the last year were when they have a melanoma removed his cheek during recent Brisbane test.
This is hardly a rest, he was in considerable pain after having endured the horrible experience of fabric being scraped away just a local anesthesia. Even then when recovering in her hotel room flower glued to the TV (with denied volume of stain on the bias of local commentators).
Flower database 28 Oct left home and float on 7 Feb. While there will be four nights in her own bed before leaving for Bangladesh and the World Cup. All being well and reached the finals in England, he returned to the country on April 3. Consider also that flower will be for approximately 100 nights this summer and amounting to more than 250 nights later in the year.
Compare this with other sports. This year, one year of Rugby World Cup will be busy for Martin Johnson and his personal coaching England, but his team reached the final in Auckland on October 23, but they're probably not later for more than 180 nights during the year. And Johnson is reportedly higher than flower payday. Fabio Capello? An obscene annual salary of 6 million books, so I'm informed reliable, just 64 nights abroad last year, including the the World Cup in South Africa.
Flower itself proved a wonderfully clever coach and an astute Manager. The success of series triumphant ashes home and beyond, but also a world title ttwweennttyy, speaks for itself. The work will be his for a long time he wants to. Can not just see deterioration results so quickly to dictate otherwise.
But with the interests of a young family (he has three children) always paramount, I'm worried about how long it can continue.
Of course, money is still lousy pas, and the England & Wales Cricket Board fly families at the four corners of the globe. Flower knew the score signing, even if the question of the separation from his family for long periods is delaying his candidacy for the post.
It is not a normal job. It's high visibility and thus high-maintenance. Not to do the work of the House is almost impossible. The phone does not stop. There is always another round or tournament schedule, another decision selectorial thinking, another player, need help and advice.
While players are more concern because their fee is physical as well as emotional and mental-"11 guys on the ground who have to perform under pressure and they should get praise," flower said to huge workload of ashes - the flower must certainly considered too. " A month off the coast in April may not be sufficient.
Now that his stock is so large-flowered and his employers should be enough confidence to delegate the responsibility of the coach Richard Halsall commissioning (which took over Brisbane) for a series of one day here and there.
Burn-out once takes hold, it is too late. Flower has already had a reminder sharp about the importance of health. Another came the day of the year when his father, Bill, has suffered a heart attack. Flower very close to the left of the tour, but fortunately, his father is now back home in Lincolnshire and recover well.
Reporters interviewing flower after the Test in Sydney have been slightly disturbed by her refusal to commit publicly to England long term. "Personally I seem not much more advanced than a few months,"he says."
So, how long could it go? Life of a coach is too simplistic. Any mention of the words "Sir Alex ferguson" enough. The best endure. The Zimbabwean Duncan Fletcher bright lasted eight years and could have lasted more than a better infrastructure. Everything that is in place today. Director General Hugh Morris is a vital conduit and solid between cricket and administrative arms.
Another Zimbabwean coaching gem was discovered. Flower should be treasured.
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