Want to wrap up series with Sydney win: Flower

MELBOURNE - Despite England’s emphatic win in the fourth Test to retain the Ashes, coach Andy Flower has called on the team to halt celebrations and focus on wrapping up the series with a win in Sydney.

England overwhelmed Australia with an innings and 157 runs in the fourth Ashes Test here Wednesday to end their 24 years wait to retain the Ashes Down Under.

However, there is still one more Test to go and Australia is likely to come back strongly to level the series at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Flower said he is proud of the team’s performance but the job would be complete only when the team wins the series.

“Of course, I am very proud and the team is very proud of what they have achieved here and justifiably so,” Flower was quoted as saying by The Guardian.

“But there is still another game in this series and now is perhaps not the time to be looking back and patting each other on the back. We want to win the final game and wrap up the series with a win. We certainly do not want to lose that game.”