Michael Vaughan makes a bold statement on Stephen Fleming

Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan is not pleased with Stephen Fleming becoming the head coach of the England Test team. Fleming has been entrusted with this responsibility after Brendon McCullum was removed from the role, but Vaughan believes that getting the England Test team back to winning ways will be far from easy.

"Stephen Fleming is a good appointment as England's Test coach, but he should be in position for the start of the Pakistan series, rather than taking over fully for the South Africa tour in December," Vaughan wrote. 

"It is about the small details, gaining experience of going to grounds such as Edgbaston – which hosts an Ashes Test – getting to know people involved in English cricket and fact-finding about our game by meeting the county coaches who can help him. These are the one-per-cent details England let slip during the Brendon McCullum years but are required to win major trophies.

"It also suggests the England job has lost a little of its allure because he does not feel he must start immediately. It also shows a little bit of desperation that England were willing to appoint a candidate on his terms, rather than their own," he added. 

Vaughan acknowledged that while Fleming had an outstanding record in the IPL, he had the support of MS Dhoni there; however, Dhoni is not present in this scenario. It remains to be seen how well he establishes a rapport with Root.

“Fleming is very well respected, renowned for being a very good manager and tactician. I’ve seen him at the IPL, and one of the problems he might discover in English cricket is that we do not have an MS Dhoni to be his captain. 

Under Stephen Fleming's guidance, CSK won five trophies, and the duo had ended their 18-year-long association just recently. Fleming joined CSK in 2008 as a player. After the inaugural edition, Fleming became the 5-time IPL Champions' head Coach.