Key, a close friend of the former all-rounder, has been integral in offering the 2005 Ashes hero a path back from showbusiness to elite sport after the Ashes hero suffered serious facial injuries in a car crash while filming Top Gear.
Flintoff accepted Key's invitation to anonymously attend games at last year's Ashes series and has since accepted mentoring roles with England's whiteball side as well as the England Lions and Under-19s.
He will further build his CV by leading the Headingleybased Northern Superchargers in The Hundred this summer and has been inked in to assist Matthew Mott at the T20 World Cup in June.
With fans and players alike welcoming the return of one of the country's most popular figures of recent times, he is already being spoken about as a possible successor and Key can see why.
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