Peter Moores to recapture role as England coach.

Moores (left) has been the coach of Lancashire since
2009 and was in charge when they lifted the
Championship trophy back in 2011.

It has been announced that Peter Moores will succeed Andy Flower as England's permanent head coach, with Sri Lankan, Paul Farbace set to be his assistant.

Moores held the post previously for two years, after being appointed in 2007, but was removed  after an altercation with Kevin Pietersen, who was captain at the time of his first stint as coach.

Moores will take on the responsibility across all formats, terminating the role of Ashley Giles as one-day coach.

In his first term as England coach, Moores enjoyed success against New Zealand and the West Indies, but was defeated at home and away by India, also suffering defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka.

Following this departure, Moores was appointed as the Lancashire coach a month after losing his job with England in 2009, with Pietersen stepping down as captain of England.

Since then, Moores has experienced a mixture of success and disappointment with the Red Rose, leading Lancashire to their first County Championship title in 77 years, but he was also in charge when they were relegated the following season.

Lancashire made an immediate return to Division One, losing just once in the 2013 season in the County Championship, and was in charge of their first match of the 2014 season against Nottinghamshire, where they lost by 45 runs, with Notts coach, Mick Newell, also a potential candidate.

Moores remained focus on his duties with Lancashire saying that: "It is easy to focus on Lancashire because I have committed, like everybody else, a lot of time and effort to set up the season and you owe a huge responsibility to everyone to make sure you focus on the job in hand."

Also in contention for the job was one-day coach, Ashley Giles, who continued his duties after Andy Flower stepped down. Giles had, perhaps, the next best chance to be named as the new England coach, but he experienced a tough winter with England, including a disappointing Twenty20 World Cup campaign. 

England's winter was a catastrophe, with the Ashes series in Australia a particular low-point for all involved, after they were beaten 5-0, suffering defeat in several one-day contest thereafter.  

Wins in all three formats have proven to be hard to come by and the World Cup in Bangladesh saw England's campaign end with defeat against the Netherlands.

Moores will start life as England coach with several Lancashire players involved in the international set-up, with James Anderson operating under a central contract. Also at the helm are; Jos Buttler, who is set to feature in Lancashire's first home match of the season against Warwickshire and spin duo, Stephen Parry and Simon Kerrigan.

After a frustrating period for the national side, Moores will have a difficult task, one which will be met with much scrutiny after England have fallen into a such a desolate run of form. 

Options as to who will succeed him at Lancashire remain unclear, with club captain, Glen Chapple (pictured) a potential replacement. Other candidates include second team coach, Gary Yates, and former Lancashire coach, Mike Watkinson, the current director of cricket at the club, who was in charge for six years. 

Moores' first match as England coach will be against Scotland in early May, where they take on England in a 50-over contest.