Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBEis an English professional cricketer and boxer...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth6 December 1977
CityLancashire, England
decent fashion pleased total
We are pleased with the total and the fashion we got it. I think we've had a decent day.
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.
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Hayden played well, ... He normally comes out and takes it on but he got his head down this time.
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It (India's charge) was explosive. But we knew it would have required some effort from them to chase the total that we had set.
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It is something of a shock, to be honest. Both my family and myself are very proud to have won it and I am pleased the whole team have got one (an MBE) because throughout the Ashes there was somebody different contributing at different times.
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I'll be taking my autograph book and I won't quite know where to put myself,
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I'm going to be like a kid in a sweet shop. I'll be taking my autograph book and I won't quite know where to put myself. It's great when I think back two years because I was still trying to play for England never mind even being thought about for a World XI side
delivery nine
That delivery would get me out nine times out of 10,
brief carry
It's Michael's team, I just need do carry that on for a brief time.
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I am just keeping Michael's job warm until he comes back. I have enjoyed captaining the side but Michael is our captain and I am looking forward to him captaining again.
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The one-day game is so structured and you have your own roles back in your country, and a few players had to play outside those roles, whereas in Test cricket you just go out there and play, so there is no real structures to the game so hopefully we will be a better Test side.
christmas few formidable forward hard india looking past taste tough trained weeks
It's a tough tour. We had a taste of the sub-continent before Christmas and going to India now, they are a formidable side, we know it's going to be hard, but for the past few weeks we've trained hard and I'm looking forward to going.
further hello pleasant
We say hello to each other now and we are pleasant to each other, but it doesn't go any further than that,
illnesses opportunity team
There have been injuries, illnesses and that's not been ideal. But it's an opportunity for the team to show what we can do.