England national cricket team batting coach Marcus Trescothick will not be part of the third Test match against the Sri Lanka national cricket team. According to reports from ESPNCricinfo, it has been learnt that he will take a short break ahead of his stint as interim white-ball coach against Australia at home.
Marcus Trescothick has been appointed as the interim white-ball coach of the England National Cricket Team after Matthew Mott stepped down from the role. Trescothick has been given responsibility for the team for the ODI and T20I series against the Australian National Cricket Team while the ECB searches for a permanent coach.
In place of Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Flintoff will take over for the England National Cricket Team for the third game against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team. The former all-rounder has been part of the white-ball training squad and was also with the team at the 2024 T20 World Cup.
However, Andrew Flintoff will not be part of the squad for the white-ball series against Australia. There were reports that his relationship with Jos Buttler was not very good during the 2024 T20 World Cup and hence, he will not be given any more time with the team in the white-ball setup from now on.
Andrew Flintoff is likely to join the squad for the third Test on Wednesday for the first of two days of training and will be part of Brendon McCullum’s squad for the third Test. He will only be part of the third Test and is unlikely to take part in the winter tours of Pakistan and New Zealand.
Marcus Trescothick will have a few days off after the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. He will then join up with the white-ball squad ahead of the first T20I against Australia at the Utilita Bowl near Southampton, which will be played on September 11.
Trescothick will have the same support team as Matthew Mott. For the white-ball series against the Australian National Cricket Team, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has also brought in under-19s coach Michael Yardy.
I’ll see how much I enjoy playing the head coach role and then go from there: Marcus Trescothick on applying for white-ball head coach position on a permanent basis
Marcus Trescothick was recently asked about applying for the white-ball head coaching position on a permanent basis. In response to this, he stated that he is focused on the Test team but will see how the Australia series goes before making a decision. Speaking to Sky Sports, he explained:
“I’m still very focused on batting with the Test team. I’m going to let this play out and see what happens over this period of time, and see how much I enjoy playing the role of head coach and then go from there really. I’m quite open to the idea of seeing what happens,” he concluded.
