Andrew Flintoff: 'One moment we were celebrating the Ashes, the next I was nil by mouth’For those who like their sporting heroes down-to-earth, there is nobody quite like Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff. Easygoing. Man of the people. Salt of the earth. Choose your own sobriquet.Something close to a genius with bat and ball, at least when he’s not hobbling around with the many injuries that have dogged his...
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Andrew Flintoff rejected an England central contract but hopes to return to action soonAndrew Flintoff has received a boost in his recuperation from knee surgery after being told by Andy Williams, the specialist who conducted the operation, that his recovery is going well. Flintoff was confident of a return to action but admitted England's February tour of Bangladesh may be too soon.It was his first...
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all-rounder Andrew Flintoff wants to play in tWO more World Cups after coming through a career-saving knee operation.Freddie has been told his recovery is going so well he can set his sights on the 2011 one-day bonanza and the 2015 tournament, by which time he will be 37, reports The Sun."It is a weight off my shoulders. I'm hoping this is going to give me the chance to play in the next World Cup in...
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Lancashire's Andrew Flintoff is hoping to return to one-day action for England in Bangladesh next February. Photograph: Christopher Thomondin his ground-breaking role as a freelance cricketer, which could involve him making more County Championship appearances than he has for several years.Flintoff retired from Test cricket this summer after England's Ashes victory primarily to prolong his one-day...
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all-rounder Andrew Flintoff wants to play in tWO more World Cups after coming through a career-saving knee operation.Freddie has been told his recovery is going so well he can set his sights on the 2011 one-day bonanza and the 2015 tournament, by which time he will be 37, reports The Sun."It is a weight off my shoulders. I'm hoping this is going to give me the chance to play in the next World Cup in...
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He's (Flintoff) 6ft 6in and bowls at 95 miles per hour and I'm under six foot and probably bowl 85(mph).Luke Wright has played down comparisons with Andrew Flintoff insisting he sees few similarities between his game and that of the Lancashire all-rounder.With Flintoff having announced his retirement from the Test arena, Wright has been put forward as one of the candidates to fill his all-rounder role...
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all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has expressed his delight over a new three-year deal with English County cricket team Lancashire.Flintoff, 31, will play limited overs cricket for the county after he called time on his England Test career at the end of the summer.Flintoff, who made his Red Rose debut in 1995, still hopes to play one-day and Twenty20 for his country once his recovery from knee surgery is...
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Andrew Flintoff is encouraged by a specialist's report on his injured knee. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Imageshas expressed his relief at an encouraging progress report on his rehabilitation from the knee operation he had after England's Ashes triumph last August.Flintoff saw his specialist, Andy Williams, last week for the first time since the surgery, and writes on his blog today that "he was...
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all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has expressed his delight over a new three-year deal with English County cricket team Lancashire.Flintoff, 31, will play limited overs cricket for the county after he called time on his England Test career at the end of the summer.Flintoff, who made his Red Rose debut in 1995, still hopes to play one-day and Twenty20 for his country once his recovery from knee surgery is...
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Andrew Flintoff says he has felt part of Lancashire ever since he first played there as a schoolboy. Photograph: Andrew Winning/ReutersNegotiations with Flintoff's management, which have lasted several months, would have been even more difficult had Lancashire been required to incorporate the 31-year-old's wages beneath the ceiling of around £1.8m that counties have agreed to accept for all player...
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