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Andrew Flintoff, Sydney Thunder: Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff is now going to be seen in the role of head coach in Australia’s T20 league BBL. BBL franchise Sydney Thunder is soon going to announce him as their coach. After the separation of Trevor Bayliss, Sydney Thunder was looking for a new coach for the next season of Big Bash, which may now seem to end with Flintop. After retiring from cricket in September 2010, Andrew Flintoff remained in the news continuously for sometimes boxing, sometimes trying his luck in WWE, sometimes cricket coaching and sometimes his acting.

The one who rejected Kavya Maran’s offer became the coach of this cricket team

Andrew Flintoff was the coach of Kavya Maran’s team Northern Superchargers in England’s cricket league The Hundred. However, after fulfilling the responsibility of coaching for one season, he rejected the offer for the second season. Explaining the reason behind this on the Beard Before Wicket podcast, Flintoff said that he was not happy with the attitude of Kavya Maran and her team management. According to him, he did not get the value he deserved.

However, now there is news of his appointment as the coach of Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League, which ended its journey by finishing last in the 2025-26 season of the league.

Heavyweight boxer was bitten by dust

After retiring from cricket, Andrew Flintoff also entered the heavyweight boxing ring in 2012, where in his debut match, he defeated American heavyweight boxer Richard Dawson on points.

Was ready to fight Undertaker in WWE

Along with the boxing ring, he had also decided to enter the WWE ring, which he revealed on The Overlap Stick to Cricket podcast. He had said that after his retirement from international cricket in 2010, some TV offers also came to me for which I had never thought.

Flintoff told that he almost joined WWE, even though there was no plan to do wrestling. He told that this idea came because he liked WWE. During this time, Flintoff admitted that he wanted to fight Undertaker in WWE.

Andrew Flintoff has played 227 matches for England, in which he has scored more than 7000 international runs.