Trescothick keen on England role under incoming Fleming: ‘It’s a wonderful place to be’

Marcus Trescothick would like to remain part of Stephen Fleming’s backroom staff when the incoming head coach takes charge of England’s Test side after their series against Pakistan.

Trescothick, an assistant during Brendon McCullum’s tenure, has the head coach role for the three Tests against Pakistan and got off to a winning start on Friday, with Joe Root’s side thumping the tourists by an innings and 103 runs at Headingley.

“I’d love to carry on, of course,” said Trescothick when asked if he expects to remain part of the Test group. “First and foremost, I want to be involved in all formats of the game because it’s a wonderful place to be, working with the best and seeing England cricketers do well. But that’s not really for me to judge, so I’ll wait and see what happens.”

England have yet to announce the coaching staff Fleming will work with, but the former Australia batter Mike Hussey has had a casual approach from his former colleague at Chennai Super Kings about joining the Test set-up.

“We get on really well and have worked a lot together,” Hussey told Fox Sports News. “It was just a bit of a passing comment, really, saying: ‘Look, what do you reckon? Would you think about being the batting coach?’

“I have not been able to give it any thought whatsoever. I’ve just got back from the UK myself with coaching in the Hundred. So I haven’t thought about it at all. Would I? I wouldn’t say never to anything really, whether it’d be England, whether it be Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa. I just love the coaching side of the game and just to be able to work with different players.”

Mike Hussey, pictured coaching Welsh Fire during The Hundred, says: ‘I wouldn’t say never to anything really, whether it’d be England, Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa.’
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Hussey has previous experience coaching England, having worked as a consultant when they won the T20 World Cup in Australia four years ago.

While Fleming’s first series in charge will be against South Africa in the winter, he has been in regular contact with the Test captain Joe Root and Trescothick while they try to get England back to winning ways against Pakistan.

“We’ve been exchanging messages every day just to keep topping up on what we’re trying to do,” said Trescothick. “He wanted to touch base, see how things were planned out, how everyone had trained and getting the group back together.

“Probably the most poignant part, really, when we were planning during the Hundred and working out how it was all going to work, he was adamant that me and Joe take it on and just run with what we feel is right to try and get the group back in shape, with a few pointers on what he wanted and how he could see his style being implemented within that group.”