Flower accepts responsibility of series whitewash

According to a British newspaper, The England coach, Andy Flower, admitted yesterday that his side was simply not ready to take on Pakistan after slumping to a 3-0 series defeat.Pakistan sealed a 71-run win to complete a miserable tour for the No 1 Test side in the world. Englands players were given time off to rest ahead of the series and Flower shouldered his share of the blame for their poor preparation. I dont think our commitment and our hunger to win has been down, he said.But [we spent a] couple of months out of the game and not doing a lot while Pakistan were beating Sri Lanka and working hard to beat Bangladesh and that hardened them up for this contest.Looking back now I dont think we were ready. I shoulder that side of the blame because it was my decision to give them that time off. We wont let that happen again.Certainly during that rest time our team and support staff was all being lauded and while that was happening Pakistan were working hard at their game and beating international opposition.