Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBEis an English professional cricketer and boxer...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth6 December 1977
CityLancashire, England
taste techno wells
I have a varied taste, I'll listen to anything. Well, not anything, no techno.
ipods gadgets honest
I'll take my iPod - though I'm not very good with gadgets to be honest - and that has everything I like.
instinct feels
Personally I prefer to work things out by feel, by instinct.
who-i-am play way
I'm comfortable in the way I play and comfortable in who I am.
helping batting ifs
If you're batting and you go off on one it can't really help you.
trying helping temper
I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.
australia bats ifs
If you go out to bat against Australia, they come at you hard.
decent fashion pleased total
We are pleased with the total and the fashion we got it. I think we've had a decent day.
chase easy performance players position possible special
We're in a position where it's possible to chase 350. It's not easy by any means, and it'll take a special performance by someone, but we've got the players to do it.
basics bulk came complacent great happen india last match nobody side stick talented
With nobody over 30 in the last Test, it is a young side but a very talented one. A lot of great things came out of that match and we outplayed India for the bulk of it. But the one thing we can't do now is get complacent just because we competed. As long as that doesn't happen and we stick to the basics I think we'll be fine.
compete hundred innings last means nice past score test
To compete you need a big score in the first innings and that means a hundred from one of our batsmen. In the last test we got starts, it will be nice if someone can go on and make a big 100 and get us past 400.
period unit
We bowled well as a unit which we have been doing for a period of time,
believe climb four games lads left mountain
There are four games left and we still have to believe we can get into the series. We always play with pride, there is a mountain to climb but the lads want to do it and so do I.
ashley chipping devil emotional knocked lost massive needed quite release runs sat shoulder sick stage winning
When I got out and I was sat up in the dressing-room I didn't know what to do with myself. I was really sick at one stage ... and I got quite emotional at the end when Ashley knocked the winning runs off. I never thought we'd lost it because the partnerships we needed were very small, but there's always that devil on your shoulder just chipping away at you. It was a massive release when we got over the line.