Last summer, he started to scout for England and worked with age-group sides before beginning to work as a consultant for the white-ball national team in September.

At this early stage of his coaching career, Flintoff, 46, is not considered a candidate for the role of white-ball head coach, which is vacant following the departure of Mott. But his involvement in the Hundred has confirmed his coaching ambitions.

“Cricket has given me so much,” Flintoff said recently. “It’s all I ever wanted to do as a kid and I got the opportunity to live my dream.

“I feel really lucky to be back here and I want the lads to cherish playing. When you finish playing, you look back and it passes so quickly, but you just take time when you’re out there, just to have a look around and take it in and live in the moment.

“And that’s what I’m doing these days. It’s living in the moment and enjoying it. And that’s something I want the players to do, and the teams that play under me to do as well.”

Trescothick backed Jamie Smith, who top scored with an unbeaten 72 at Old Trafford, for a place in the white-ball squads later this summer. Smith played two one-day internationals against Ireland last summer, but his outstanding Test form this summer is likely to earn him selection for the white-ball squads when he is available.

“We’ve seen enough of him playing for Surrey in the T20 or other competitions,” Trescothick said. “The way he’s come in and taken to international cricket is probably the most important part of that. He just seems very suited to playing international cricket.”