England hires New Zealander Fleming to coach test team and reappoints Root captain

LONDON (AP) — English cricket turned to another New Zealander on Thursday to coach the men's test team, hiring former Kiwi star Stephen Fleming with batting great Joe Root reappointed as captain.

Fleming replaced his former teammate Brendon McCullum, who lost his job leading the red-ball team after losing the Ashes series 4-1 in Australia and, last month, the home series to New Zealand 2-1.

England now has an all-New Zealand coaching set-up with McCullum in charge of the one-day and Twenty20 teams.

Root was previously the permanent test captain of England from 2017-22 and holds the national record of 65 tests as captain.

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