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Since the recent whirlwind World Twenty20 Cup the England and Wales Cricket Board could now be dubbed the “England, Wales, South Africa and Ireland Cricket Board.”
Recent additions to the England team; tricky Irish revelation Eoin Morgan and powerful Johannesburg-born openers Michael Lumb and Craig Kieswetter; were all significant performers in the Three Lions’ glory trail. They joined the Anglicised Kevin Pietersen in England’s cosmopolitan line-up. However, there was more to England’s success than recruiting exciting, newly-qualified cricketers.
Andy Flower's Influence
Much praise for the transformation of the England one-day cricket team has to go to another foreign “defector”, coach Andy Flower. The well-regarded former Zimbabwean international wicketkeeper-batsmen banked an enviable 50+ Test batting average and an ODI average of 35.34 in a formidable career.

