England go back to the future with Moores

Peter Moores has been given a second chance as England head coach, after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced his appointment on Saturday.The 51-year-old, the first man to twice be appointed England coach, replaced Andy Flower after he stood down following the team's 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia. In a two-year spell from 2007 to 2009, Moores led England in seven Test series, starting with a 3-0 win over West Indies, after replacing Duncan Fletcher.However, he was forced out in 2009 following a rift with Kevin Pietersen that cost the star batsman the England captaincy, although the ECB ended Pietersen's international career after the recent Ashes debacle.London (AFP) - Peter Moores has been given a second chance as England head coach, after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced his appointment on Saturday.The 51-year-old, the first man to twice be appointed England coach, replaced Andy Flower after he stood down following the team's 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia.In a two-year spell from 2007 to 2009, Moores led England in seven Test series, starting with a 3-0 win over West Indies, after replacing Duncan Fletcher.However, he was forced out in 2009 following a rift with Kevin Pietersen that cost the star batsman the England captaincy, although the ECB ended Pietersen's international career after the recent Ashes debacle.Moores added: "The important point to make is I never fell out with Kevin, Kevin fell out with me. There's a notable difference."Current Sri Lanka coach Paul Farbrace, has been tipped to join the England set-up as Moores' "senior assistant".However, a coy Downton said: "We are in advanced negotiations to appoint an assistant coach."But at this stage, with due respect to his current employers, we're not going to make an announcement on that."I hope we will be able to do so soon."With regard to to former England spinner Giles, Downton said that it had been a tough decision to make."I would personally like to thank Ashley Giles for the job he did with the limited-overs squads in the last 18 months."It was a really difficult decision to make as we had an outstanding field but the panel were unanimous in the choice of Peter."Flower remains in the ECB hierarchy, having been appointed to the newly-created post of technical director of elite coaching last month.England's next match is a one-day international against Scotland in Aberdeen on May 9 before Sri Lanka and India arrive for limited overs and Test series later in the season. Source: AFP