Freddie Flintoff removed from England coaching duties after five months | Cricket | Sport

Freddie Flintoff will no longer work with the England white-ball cricket team after failing to gel with skipper Jos Buttler. 

Famed for his heroics during the 2005 Ashes series, Flintoff is a much-loved figure within English cricket. 

But, as per The Telegraph, Flintoff won’t be part of the coaching team for England’s upcoming limited-over series with Australia. 

Flintoff has been working with England on a short-term consultancy basis and was the country’s assistant coach at the recent T20 World Cup. 

The England legend had also been touted as the potential Matthew Mott replacement, following the Australian’s sacking as the white-ball head coach earlier this year. 

But the chances of that happening appear to have been slashed after it was reported Flintoff will be stepping down from his interim role as England coach. 

Instead, stand-in white-ball coach Marcus Trescothick will be handed the opportunity to shape his own coaching team for the Australia matches, which will see England play their eternal rival in three T20 and three ODI fixtures. 

Part of the reason behind Flintoff’s exit from the position is said to be because he hasn’t gelled particularly well with captain Buttler.

The opposite is said to be true about Buttler’s relationship with Trescothick, given the pair have previously played together at Somerset when the former was breaking into the game. 

Buttler has also taken tips about battling from Trescothick in the past. 

A return to the England set-up in the future for Flintoff hasn’t been ruled out though, with the Preston-born star said to have enjoyed working for the Northern Superchargers during this year’s Hundred. 

With what was his maiden voyage as a head coach, Flintoff’s Superchargers won five games and lost just two, but narrowly missed out on a spot in the end-of-season play-off. 

Flintoff has vowed to give as much as he can back to the sport, recently admitting: “Cricket has given me so much. It’s all I ever wanted to do as a kid and I got the opportunity to live my dream.

“I feel really lucky to be back here and I want the lads to cherish playing. When you finish playing, you look back and it passes so quickly, but you just take time when you’re out there, just to have a look around and take it in and live in the moment.

“And that’s what I’m doing these days. It’s living in the moment and enjoying it. And that’s something I want the players to do, and the teams that play under me to do as well.”