3 min learnJul 12, 2026 09:13 PM IST
With Brendon McCullum sacked as England Check workforce coach, Andy Flower is rising as a front-runner to interchange him based on stories. The previous Zimbabwe captain, who coached England beforehand, is at the moment busy as T20 coach within the franchise circuit, most notably with Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Nevertheless, ought to Flower take up the red-ball duties with England, stories say he could be allowed to proceed teaching within the IPL. In line with Day by day Mail, Flower is more likely to take up the job provided that he’s allowed to hold on together with his T20 gigs, significantly the IPL.
Flower has been the top coach of England earlier than from 2009 to 2014 throughout which era they gained their first T20 World Cup in 2010 and gained the Ashes Down Underneath in 2012. However after a whitewash in 2014, he ended up dropping the job. “For me, the very best particular person for that may be Andy Flower by a rustic mile. Flower took England to primary on the planet,” former England captain Nasser Hussain instructed V2 Radio.
“I like Flower’s method to teaching – he was meticulous in all the pieces that he did. That’s what’s been missing on this England Check match aspect.”I’d do something if I used to be Rob Key and the ECB to go and get Andy Flower,” Hussain added.
Flower’s subsequent task is at The Hundred, the place he’s in control of London Spirits alongside Dinesh Karthik with whom he delivered two successive titles for RCB in 2025 and 2026. With a Check sequence in opposition to Pakistan set to happen in August 19, the England and Wales Cricket Board has solely a month to nominate the subsequent head coach.
In line with The Unbiased, ought to they appear past Flower then their choices are restricted relating to skilled coaches. Former all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who’s in control of the England Lions, is seen as a possible candidate. Then there may be former batsman Jonathan Trott, who performed a key position within the emergence of Afghanistan as a robust white-ball drive. After stepping down as coach of Afghanistan on the T20 World Cup, he had expressed his willingness to educate England.