New Zealander Stephen Fleming, England’s new Test coach, has suggested the national team should be led by someone from England. Fleming, who will take charge of his first series in South Africa in December, is the latest overseas coach to lead the England men’s team. Since 1999, only two Englishmen – Peter Moores (twice) and
Available for 29 days James Gregg is joined by Sir Alastair Cook, Steven Finn and, Alex Hartley who look at what’s ahead for Stephen Fleming, who has been appointed as the new England Test head coach – replacing his former New Zealand teammate Brendan McCullum. Joe Root has been made captain for a second
Root made his Test debut in 2012 and holds several England Test cricket records, including leading run-scorer with 14,114 runs. He is also the second highest run-scorer of all time behind Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, who occupies the first place with 15,921 runs. He first took over as captain when Alastair Cook resigned from the
Fleming would inherit a team that saw its momentum falter after an impressive start to the McCullum era. McCullum won 10 of 12 Tests in his first year in charge, but since then England have lost 18 and won 17 of 37 Tests. They have not won a multi-game series since December 2024. It is
