Andrew Flintoff’s old Lancashire team-mate Kyle Hogg says that Flintoff is much excited about his first head coach role in his career. Flintoff will coach Northern Superchargers in “The Hundred” competition.

“As everybody knows with Fred, anything he does, he does it 110%. He's more excited than probably anybody: he is raring to go,” Hogg said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

"Cricket is what he loves, that's the bottom line. He loves the preparation and everything that goes with it, and tomorrow night, when we get going, he'll be at his happiest… he'll be the same as he is in all walks of life. He'll want the lads to give it everything, [just like] how he played his cricket. He'll be there for all the players, and he'll want them to enjoy it."

As his right-hand man since they first met as adolescents making their way through Lancashire, Kyle Hogg has served as Flintoff's assistant at the Superchargers. Hogg also talks about it. "I was around Lancs as a 16-year-old playing in the second team, and he'd have been 19 or 20. I don't want to say he took me under his wing - but he probably did, really. He looked after me in the dressing room and we've been close friends for about 25 years, which is scary. He's never changed one bit from the first day I met him to today,” he added.