Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBEis an English professional cricketer and boxer...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth6 December 1977
CityLancashire, England
lucky-charms mascots superstitious
I'm not really superstitious - I don't have any lucky charms or a mascot.
three bats week
If I'm playing well I'll get through a bat in three weeks. I batter them.
days-off
When I have a day off, I will have a day off.
cricket comfortable
Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it.
important my-family distraction
My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life.
trainspotting glue welsh
I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties.
who-i-am play way
I'm comfortable in the way I play and comfortable in who I am.
thinking tea helping
While I'm at second slip I'm not just thinking of what I'm going to have for tea. I'm considering the match as well, wondering how I can help, if there is anything I can offer.
get-better instinct trust-your-instincts
Captaincy is something you get better at through experience. You've got to trust your instincts.
bats needs form
I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.
games sticks care
We have to take care of our own game. There's only one place we've got to stick up for ourselves and that's the pitch.
change remember danger
But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to remember what I do for a living
different envelopes turns
I'm completely different from Pietersen. He would turn up to the opening of an envelope
thinking views people
When it comes to sledging, I think people often get the wrong view.