They face a busy year with two home Tests against New Zealand followed by the one-day Champions Trophy tournament and a five-Test series against Australia, before travelling down under in the winter.It was a good escape in the end. But we got ourselves into trouble, we didn't play particularly great cricket and did well to get a draw. But it has been a wonderful winter and to win in India was a really special moment. The only series we have lost was the one-day series in India.England, ranked the second best Test side in the world, faced suggestions they were complacent for their matches against New Zealand, although Flower insisted they had not taken their opponents lightly.We didn't move the ball sideways and if you don't move the ball against international batsmen you are not going to create chances. That was worrying for me. They swung the ball and we didn't do that too much.We place importance on all international series and it would be disrespectful to do anything other than that - there was no complacency in our camp," he told BBC Radio 5 live.We had no chance of winning the game and had to slow them down. They were fighting for every minute and every run. We understood it would be a tough challenge to come here and win. Just because you are ranked above another team it doesn't give you the right to win any series.
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