Tuesday, February 16, 2010
“With Fred living in the gulf, does he now hold the record for being the non-Kolpak, non-overseas player residing furthest from his county?” – The Old Batsman is in speculative mood.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
“I would like to give something back to the club because since I joined them at nine years old, they have supported me all the way” – Andrew Flintoff reveals that, following a recent additional knee operation and the end of his IPL hopes, winning silverware for Lancashire will now be his professional focus.
“You don’t have to be close to me, I’d tell a complete stranger that. If you spoke to Ian Botham, he’d love to play Tests tomorrow. However, I’ve retired” – Fred says he’s really not coming back for the Ashes.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Does Andrew Strauss’ lack of personal success at last night’s Sports Personality awards mean The Ashes should be free to view on television? Or does Charlotte Edwards’ success in 2009 mean they should stay behind a paywall?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Andrew Strauss is the sole member of England’s Ashes-winning team to make the BBC Sports Personality shortlist in a year of bookies’ favourites from the traditional awards powerhouses of athletics, motorsport and boxing.
“There’s a lot of hard work ahead of me to get back on the cricket field and when that’s going to be I can’t say at this stage. I did say I’d like to go to Bangladesh in the one-day squad but whether that’s unrealistic I’m not sure” – Andrew Flintoff after 10 weeks on crutches as part of the recovery programme for his injured knee.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
“The incentive to play for England is so high you’d do anything. Some mornings the missus had to get me out of bed and put my shoes and socks on for me. You then get the anti-inflammatories inside you, and a painkiller, and off you go” – Andrew Flintoff on the price of playing through injuries.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
“Oddly, [the British public] might see more of him as a non-player than they ever did as a Test player, given that cricket is the exclusive domain of satellite TV in Britain, and given the celebrity-conscious nature of the prime-time family shows where Freddie could be headed some time soon” – Oliver Brett speculates on Flintoff’s future direction in life.
Flintoff has been included in three England one-day squads picked to cover the seven-match 50-over one-day series against Australia, October’s Champions Trophy in South Africa, a one-off warm up match in Belfast next week as well as two Twenty20 internationals, also against Australia, over the August Bank Holiday weekend” – Flintoff moves straight from his Test retirement into his one-day career, according to the Daily Telegraph.
“Ravi’s omission means Jonathan Trott will make his Test debut at the Brit Oval. Having been part of the squad at Headingley, he was the next batsman in line in our view and this rewards him for the excellent form he has shown in county cricket both this summer and with England Lions over the winter. Ian Bell will bat at three next week which is a position he has occupied for England before” – ECB national selector Geoff Miller on the squad that will face Australia at The Oval.
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