Andrew Flintoff has walked away from his position as Northern Superchargers head coach, suggesting the crew’s new Indian house owners made him really feel undervalued.
Flintoff, who stays one of many greatest stars in English cricket, led the Headingley-based Hundred franchise within the final two editions of the match however won’t be concerned subsequent 12 months.
The previous England captain revealed the news on the Beard Earlier than Wicket podcast, co-hosted by Superchargers spinner Adil Rashid, indicating he would have preferred to remain on after overseeing a third-placed end this 12 months.
However he claimed conversations with the Solar Group, which have purchased the complete 100 per cent stake in Superchargers as a part of the inflow of latest buyers into the competitors, shortly broke down.
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Valued
“Sadly, I’m not going to do it, which is gloomy,” he stated. “The previous two years, I felt we had been constructing one thing very nice, and I’d have cherished to see it via.
“We’ve acquired new house owners, I spoke to them. They phoned up, they stated they needed us to do it, so I stated: ‘Yeah, positive. Make us a suggestion’.
“I genuinely don’t do it for the cash, though it’s good, however I believe I’m price (extra) than simply over 1 / 4 of the (wage of) different head coaches.
“The cash was one factor, so I’m not fairly positive they needed me anyway, however then you definately additionally wish to really feel valued. I stated, ‘this isn’t going to work for me’ they usually weren’t going to maneuver on it.”
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Branding
Rashid, one of many crew’s marquee gamers, responded by telling Flintoff: “You’ll be missed. I wasn’t anticipating that.”
Flintoff, who can be head coach of England Lions, may nicely be of curiosity to different Hundred groups as the brand new affect behind the scenes begins to be felt.
London Spirit have already lured Andy Flower away from Trent Rockets and additional personnel adjustments are possible.
Superchargers, in the meantime, are set to vary their title to include the Sunrisers branding of their IPL and SA20 stablemates.
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