Summary Flower has been England's head coach since 2009, overseeing three Ashes series victories.
LONDON (AFP) - Andy Flower has been axed as England coach following the team s recent Ashes drubbing in Australia, Britain s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Friday.
According to the Telegraph, former Zimbabwe international Flower was told his time was up during a meeting at Lord s on Thursday with Paul Downton, the England and Wales Cricket Board s new managing director, who had been conducting a review into a tour of Australia where England suffered a 5-0 Ashes thrashing.
The Telegraph added there would be a formal announcement by the ECB later Friday that Flower was "stepping down" having effectively been given no choice but to quit.
Flower has been England s head coach since 2009, overseeing three Ashes series victories and guiding England to the 2010 World Twenty20 title -- the first time they had won a major international limited overs event.
England beat Australia 3-0 in a home Ashes last year but were thrashed just months later in the return series.
Flower has pulled back from the daily running of England s one-day cricket, ceding this responsiblity to former Test spinner Ashley Giles.
But the losses have kept coming in Australia, a a 4-1 one-day series reverse followed by Wednesday s 13-run defeat in the first Twenty20 in Hobart and an eight-wicket loss in the second T20 in Melbourne on Friday.
