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K.P.H. Dream Cricket Private Limited recently announced its purchase of the Caribbean Premier League franchise, St. Lucia Zouks. The franchise owner is known for its track record of its achievements on and off the field of major events, with cricket at the forefront.
As the clock ticks’ plans are well on its way in ensuring all attempts are made in making this year a celebratory one.
St. Lucia Zouks is pleased to introduce to its fans the new head coach, for 2020, Andrew Flower.
Flower is a British-Zimbabwean cricketer who has captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was the wicket-keeper for over 10 years and was known to be the finest batsman the country produced.
Flower has worked as assistant coach for the England Cricket team prior to becoming head coach in 2009. During his stint, England have won Ashes series home and away, won the T20 World Cup in 2010 and became ranked the number 1 Test side in the world in 2011. 2011 continuing to be a great year for Andrews, was awarded the Coach of the Year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards and appointed OBE for services to sport.
More recently he led the pathway program for the England Cricket Board and coached in both T10 and T20 franchise leagues.
Speaking about his most recent appointment as head coach for St. Lucia Zouks, Flower has expressed “I am excited to lead and coach this team. I am a fan of the Caribbean Premier League and would love to be the coach to be associated with the team to bring victory home to the fans in St. Lucia.”
Also weighing in on Flowers’ appointment, CEO Kings XI Punjab, Satish Menon shared his thoughts indicating “I am delighted to have some one of the caliber and eminence of Andy Flower; we sure look forward to a great season ahead.”
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The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament in the Caribbean, established in 2013 by Cricket West Indies to replace the Caribbean Twenty20. Sponsored by Republic Bank Limited, it is officially known as the Republic Bank CPL.
