LONDON, Apr 26 (AFP): Ashley Giles has resigned as an England selector after being passed over for the role of national team coach, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Friday.
Former England spinner Giles had been England's one-day coach since 2012, having joined the selection panel four years earlier.
But after Andy Flower stood down as head coach following the team's 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia, England officials decided they wanted just one man in charge of the side across all three major international formats-Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s.
And last week Giles' hopes of succeeding Flower were ended when the ECB announced they had recalled former Lancashire boss Peter Moores for a second stint as England coach.
Unsurprisingly in the circumstances Giles, who guided Warwickshire to the County Championship in 2012, felt he could no longer continue as an England selector. He has now been replaced on the four-man panel by Nottinghamshire coach Mick Newell, also a candidate for the England head coach position befire he too lost out to Moores.
Giles quits as England selector
FE Team | Published: April 27, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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