London, June 27: England cricket was heading nowhere under coach Peter Moores six months back but with Andy Flower at the helm things have changed and the players are confident to face the Australians in next month’s Ashes, said flamboyant batsman Kevin Pietersen.

Pietersen, who stepped down as captain following his row with Moores six months back, said England cricket has achieved enough under Flower and have left behind the "unhappy" days when they did not have much voice.

"The team wasn’t happy (under Moores), things weren’t right and England cricket was going nowhere. That’s the reason I did what I did in January. But I believe in the last six months the team has made big progress before a huge, huge series against Australia. I’m very happy, and everyone’s happy," Pietersen said. "We’ve seen how Andy Flower has settled into his job and how well Straussy (Andrew Strauss) is doing. The team is so happy, everyone knows how excited we are, and how everyone’s gelled," he was quoted as saying by Cricinfo. — PTI