“It’s been a real privilege,” says Flower, who was appointed assistant coach to Peter Moores in 2007, took over as head coach two years later and switched in 2014 to England Lions, working with “hungry young cricketers who have all their dreams ahead of them”. Flower says it was a highlight to spend time with Graham Gooch, who invited him over as a player at Essex and later worked alongside him as England batting coach. “During that time, under his leadership, England claimed the Ashes away in Australia and the T20 World Cup on 2010, the first time an England men’s team had won an ICC trophy of any kind.