Stephen Fleming may be the new head coach of England’s Test team. According to reports, he is at the top in the race to replace Brendon McCullum. It is being told that Fleming is also ready for this role. According to the British media, he had a meeting with England’s cricket director Rob Key. During the interview, Fleming was chosen as England’s favorite candidate. Stephen Fleming has long experience in coaching. He was associated with Chennai Super Kings for 18 years. Under his coaching, Chennai Super Kings won five IPL titles. Dhoni is also very much influenced by his work and thinking.
Will Stephen Fleming replace McCullum?
According to the report of The Telegraph, former English batsmen Jonathan Trott and Richard Dawson were also in the race to become the head coach of England, but Fleming defeated them. Meaning, Fleming will now replace Brendon McCullum of his own country New Zealand, who had recently resigned from the post of Test head coach of England after poor performance in the Test format.
Fleming is McCullum’s ‘mentor’
Despite leaving the post of Test head coach, McCullum remains the head coach of England’s ODI and T20 teams. Let us tell you that there is a very good friendship between McCullum and Fleming. McCullum played cricket for many years under the captaincy of Fleming. McCullum made his Test debut under his captaincy. Fleming has played a big role in guiding McCullum’s career. This is the reason why the ECB has chosen Fleming so that he can take English cricket forward along with McCullum.
Stephen Fleming’s career
Stephen Fleming has also been amazing as a cricketer. This veteran player scored 7172 runs in 111 test matches for New Zealand. His batting average was 40.06. 9 centuries and 46 half-centuries came from his bat. He also played 280 ODIs for New Zealand, in which he scored 8037 runs with the help of 8 centuries. If we combine First Class and List A cricket, this problem resulted in 57 centuries.
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