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Coach of England's test team should be English, says New Zealander Fleming

Pakistan Published 20 October 2026, 11:26 · archived 20 Oct 2026

Stephen Fleming is the fifth foreign coach to take charge of England’s test team but the New Zealander hopes his successors will be English and says he will seek to develop home-grown coaching talent during his tenure. Fleming was appointed in July to replace compatriot Brendon McCullum, with Australian Trevor Bayliss and Zimbabwe’s Duncan Fletcher and Andy Flower the other foreign coaches to have been at the helm of the test side. “I do believe that primarily the national team should be coached by a national representative,” Fleming told the BBC in a podcast released on Monday. “I’m grateful ...

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