Andrew Flintoff to apply for England’s coach next year

One of English cricket's most iconic figures, Flintoff was always a correct and powerful batsman, to go with his ability to make the batsmen dance to his tunes through his "hit-the-deck-hard" bowling. He was even seen by many as his generation's Ian Botham for single-handedly helping England win the 2005 Ashes - pretty similar to the way Botham did in 1981. While the world has last seen Flintoff in action in 2009, it appears the enigmatic all-rounder is all set to make a second-coming to the game. 

“I knew I wouldn’t be better than Peter Moores, so after a half an hour conversation I withdrew, but also said if Moores doesn’t get it, put me back in the hat. I thought you can bang on about it and put players down, or actually do something about it, so I thought that I would have a crack at this, I wrote an email, three weeks past and no reply. I found out the ECB thought it wasn’t me despite me having one email all my life.”

"A coach’s job now is to get players feeling the best they can be to perform, as a coach or mentor, that’d be my greatest asset," he said.

"When I look back now, I should’ve spent more time on my head, I spent all the time in the gym and practicing, but I should’ve spent more time focussing on my mind."