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Flintoff is also the head coach of the England Lions development side and his results at the Superchargers alongside England white-ball captain Harry Brook – his first full-time first-team coaching position – have been impressive.<\/p>\n
The Headingley-based franchise finished bottom of the standings in the year before he took over and sixth and fifth in the two seasons prior.<\/p>\n
A coach of his stature – he played 79 Tests for England and was part of the 2005 Ashes win – has also been a boost to the tournament. <\/p>\n
Flintoff, who has also been tipped a future England head coach, was regularly the most popular request for fans hunting autographs and pictures after matches in Leeds.<\/p>\n
“We’ve seen the Hundred change now,” said Flintoff. “We’ve got new owners, and I spoke to them when they phoned up. They said they wanted us to do it, so I said: ‘Yeah, fine. Make us an offer.’<\/p>\n
“I’m not going to do it, which is sad. The past two years, I felt we were building somewhere really nice, and I’d have loved to have seen it through.”<\/p>\n
Yorkshire were the only county to sell their entire stake in their Hundred franchise<\/a> during the process earlier this year.<\/p>\n India-based media company Sun Group, owners of Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad, have paid just over \u00a3100m. They also own Sunrisers Eastern Cape in South Africa’s SA20.<\/p>\n With different IPL owners investing in four Hundred teams – the Superchargers, Oval Invincibles, Southern Brave and Manchester Originals – it is expected there will be some continuity of kits, team names, players and possibly coaches with owners’ other teams.<\/p>\n Former New Zealand international Daniel Vettori is Sunrisers Hyderabad coach but is currently in charge of Birmingham Phoenix.<\/p>\n Trent Rockets are currently without a head coach after Andy Flower moved to London Spirit<\/a> in a deal announced last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n