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England Hires New Zealander Fleming to Coach Test Team and Reappoints Root Captain
The ECB is expected to appoint Stephen Fleming after splitting the Test and white-ball roles, with less than three weeks before the Pakistan series.
- Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is set to be appointed England National Cricket Team Test head coach after the England and Wales Cricket Board selected him following a round of interviews.
- Brendon McCullum remains England's white-ball coach but lost his red-ball role last month following a poor run of form and 4-1 Ashes loss; other favorites like Andy Flower ruled themselves out.
- Fleming, 53, brings extensive experience from the Indian Premier League, where he led Chennai Super Kings to five titles; his close relationship with McCullum reportedly proved key to his selection.
- With England's next Test series against Pakistan starting in less than three weeks, the board may install assistant coach Marcus Trescothick on an interim basis until the new coach arrives by August 19.
- Winning back the Ashes represents Fleming's first major task with only 10 Tests remaining before next summer's series, and he must also appoint a new Test captain following Ben Stokes' retirement.
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Root named England Test captain, Fleming appointed coach
The announcements follow the sacking of Brendon McCullum as Test coach and the retirement of former skipper Ben Stokes from international cricket earlier this month. Yorkshireman Root captained England in 64 Tests from 2017 to 2022 and took the role on an interim basis at the Oval during the recent series against New Zealand. The 35-year-old is second behind India's Sachin Tendulkar on the all-time Test scoring list, with more than 14,000 runs. …
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England hires New Zealander Fleming to coach test team and reappoints Root captain
English cricket has turned to another New Zealander to coach the men's test team by hiring former Kiwi captain Stephen Fleming.
·New York, United States
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