England Have to Be More Ruthless ; Coach Flower Is Not Happy with Show of Chivalry by Strauss

Mail on Sunday (September 27, 2009)

Author: Peter Hayter

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THOSE who thought England skipper Andrew Strauss's recall of Sri Lankan Angelo Mathews in their Champions Trophy clash would herald a new age of sporting chivalry may have another think coming.

If England coach Andy Flower has anything to do with it, we may never see its like again.

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England Have to Be More Ruthless ; Coach Flower Is Not Happy with Show of Chivalry by Strauss

'I'm absolutely serious,' said Flower on the eve of today's tie against world No1 South Africa at Centurion with a semi-final place up for grabs. 'I would not have recalled Mathews.'

England paceman Graham Onions was in n...

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