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Andrew Flintoff shows interest to take up England coaching role
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff expresses his desire to coach the national side. Here's what he had to say
Former England skipper Andrew Flintoff has revealed that he would like to coach the national team in the future. The all-rounder, after announcing his retirement from international cricket in 2009 has taken up the role of working as a television presenter for various channels after a brief stint as a boxer.
England are on the lookout for a replacement for World Cup winning coach Trevor Bayliss who will step down at the end of the Ashes series.
Flintoff said, "Coaching is definitely an ambition. There are probably two or three coaching jobs I'd like - England, Lancashire or Lancashire Academy." He also has some coaching work with the junior level cricketers.
"I'd love to be England coach one day, just not quite yet. I've got two of my coaching levels - me and Steve Harmison might do our level threes soon."
Flintoff, who represented England in 79 Tests and 141 ODIs in a career spanning 11 years between 1998 and 2009 revealed that he had earlier applied for the national team's coaching job in 2014. Later, Peter Moores was appointed the coach of the national team.
"A few years ago I applied for the England coaching job - we were getting beat, I was in the office and thought, I'm going to apply. I wrote an email for the interview, a month passes and I'd heard nothing. I chased it up, then I got a phone call saying that they thought it was somebody taking the mick!"
England are currently playing the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford, Manchester.
