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Andrew Flintoff is currently the assistant coach of the England senior team.
England’s legendary all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been appointed the head coach of the England Lions team. The Lions team is called the A team of England. Flintoff has played 79 tests for England, he became the assistant coach of the senior team only last year. He is also the assistant coach of the team in the series against Sri Lanka.
Will start with South Africa tour Flintoff will start his new role with the South Africa tour in October. The A team will then play a Test series against Australia A in January next year. With the help of which new players will also be prepared for the 2025-26 Ashes series. India-A and Zimbabwe teams will also go to England in June-July next year.
Andrew Flintoff retired from cricket in 2010.
Flintoff will focus on performance planning Flintoff will focus on the performance planning of the England Lions team. He will also look after player development, team selection and player appraisal in the county teams. Flintoff is currently the head coach of the Northern Superchargers team in the men’s The Hundred tournament. He will play both the roles together.
Flintoff to return to cricket field in 2023 After retirement from international cricket, Andrew Flintoff started professional boxing. In December 2022, he met with an accident while shooting for the ‘Top Gear’ car show.
46-year-old Flintoff spoke about his bad memories of the accident in the second part of his BBC documentary ‘Field of Dreams’. He told that after somehow recovering from the accident, he will be able to return to the cricket field in 2023.
Flintoff underwent nose surgery after the car accident.
Became assistant coach of senior team in T-20 World Cup On the advice of Rob, the managing director of the England Cricket Board, Flintoff took up the post of assistant coach in the senior team. He was with the team in the West Indies tour and T-20 World Cup. He is also a part of the England team during the Test series against Sri Lanka. He was the one who gave the debut cap to fast bowler Josh Hull before the third test.
Flintoff retired in 2010 Andrew Flintoff made his Test debut for England in 1998 at the age of 21. The very next year he also made his ODI debut. He played 79 Tests, 141 ODIs and 7 T20s for the team. He was part of the England team in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
In 2010, Flintoff retired at the age of just 33. He then took up professional boxing as a career. He has now returned to the cricket field as a coach.
