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Former England<\/a> international Andrew Flintoff<\/a> has revealed he dreams of coaching the national team in the future.<\/p>\n

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Flintoff called time on his international career in 2009 and has been working as a television presenter recently after a brief foray into boxing. The allrounder hopes to return to cricket in a coaching capacity and already has lower-level qualifications.<\/p>\n

England are currently looking for someone to replace Trevor Bayliss<\/a> who is due to step down at the end of the current Ashes series against Australia.<\/p>\n

Flintoff, who helped England win the Ashes as a player in 2005 and 2009, concedes it is too soon to expect to get the job now.<\/p>\n

But the 41-year-old refused to rule it out in the long-term. “Coaching is definitely an ambition. There are probably two or three coaching jobs I’d like – England, Lancashire or Lancashire Academy,” he told BBC radio’s Test Match Special programme on Friday.<\/p>\n

“I’d love to be England coach one day, just not quite yet.” Flintoff, who played his county cricket with Lancashire, has already done some coaching work with the Under-13 side at his old side.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got two of my coaching levels – me and (former England team-mate) Steve Harmison might do our level threes soon,” he said.<\/p>\n

Flintoff, who played 79 Tests and 141 one-day internationals for England, revealed he applied for the national team coaching job when it became available in 2014.<\/p>\n

But he was not taken seriously and the role went to Peter Moores.<\/p>\n

“A few years ago I applied for the England coaching job – we were getting beat, I was in the office and thought, ‘I’m going to apply’,” Flintoff said.<\/p>\n

“I wrote an email for the interview, a month passed and I’d heard nothing. I chased it up, then I got a phone call saying they thought it was somebody taking the mick!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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