Ashley Giles will take over as England limited overs
head coach, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Tuesday
as officials try to ease the burden on team director Andy Flower.
However, the ECB
stressed Flower, the former Zimbabwe batsman, will remain team director
and "continue to be responsible for the preparation and playing
strategies for the England men's cricket teams supported by Ashley
Giles".
There have been concerns about the
workload being carried by Flower for the past five-and-a-half-years,
which has seen England win home and away Ashes series, and there were
fears he could be lost to 'burn-out'.
Flower will continue to tour with
the England Test side during both home and away series but will no
longer be responsible for the day to day leadership of the England ODI
and T20 sides, with Giles now taking on that responsibility.
Giles, a former England left-arm
spinner who was an Ashes winner as a player in 2005, is already a member
of the England selection panel and as a coach helped guide
Warwickshire, the club he represented during his first-class career, to
this season's County Championship title.
But as a result of his new role Giles will now give up his position with the Midlands county.
Both Flower and Giles will remain England selectors in a panel currently chaired by former Test off-spinner Geoff Miller.
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