"It was vitally important not to go 1-0 down so early in the series," explained
"Historically we’ve got poor records in the first Tests of series and we identified it earlier in the year and did something about it against
"We identified it again here going into this series against
"The guys are proud of themselves but we’ve got a lot of work to do. We’ve got to re-group because sometimes you can get as distracted by winning as easily as you do by losing so we have to re-group this week as well and hit them hard come the first day at Edgbaston.
"Now we’re ahead it doesn’t guarantee anything for the rest of the series and we’ve got three hard matches ahead of us – we know we’re playing the best side in the world and we’ve beaten them in just one Test match.
"We know they will regroup and come back hard at us and we’ve also got to take this opportunity to regroup and be ready to take the initiative again in the third Test match."
"He’s been struggling quite badly with that Achilles injury for quite a period of time," admitted Flower. "It’s an uncomfortable injury to have, especially in a Test match.
"You’re always on your feet, if you bat for any period of time you’re scampering between the wickets and you feel it all the time – there’s no getting away from it.
"It does make life a bit uncomfortable for an athlete to have that sort of injury, but he’s going to be re-assessed later this week.
"He’s got a couple of people he’s going to be talking to and then the experts will make a decision on whether he’s okay or not."
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