Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBEis an English professional cricketer and boxer...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth6 December 1977
CityLancashire, England
media fit get-fit
Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.
cracks machines bats
A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.
looks wells realising
I'm not really someone who looks forward to the gym. But I realise it's something that I have to do to perform well on the pitch.
chase effort knew required total
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.
against australia good hold opportunity
It is a good opportunity to play against Australia again in Australia and will hold all the same challenges,
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.
cricket few game hopefully outside players roles structured structures test whereas
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.
ashes both family pleased proud somebody team throughout won
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.
arise character england opportunity players strength
It is an opportunity for a young side, opportunities arise for young players to show the character and strength of this England side.
beers crowd few gone noise quite
I went up but there's a lot of noise out there and the crowd were loud, ... A few beers had gone down and they were quite vocal. I went up on what I heard.
ball enjoy runs score seem
I always seem to score runs here. I enjoy it. The ball comes on to the bat.
home left quickly turn whites wore
He wore his tracksuit on the first day and sometimes he would turn up in his whites and go home in them, just to get out of the place as quickly as possible. Even when we did try and make him feel at home by going out for dinner, he left early,
delivery nine
That delivery would get me out nine times out of 10,
par
I think 275 would have been a par score.