Patriotic Flintoff to boost morale of Brit troops in AfghanistanSeptember 20th, 2009 LONDON - Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff will give a rousing speech to British troops serving in Afghanistan in order to boost their morale. The cricket ace also plans to bowl over some of the soldiers, The Daily Star reports.
Onions to replace Flintoff in Champions TrophySeptember 8th, 2009 DUBAI - The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Tuesday that fast bowler Graham Onions can replace injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff in the England squad for Champions Trophy starting Sep 22 in South Africa. The event technical committee of the ICC Champions Trophy has approved Onions as a replacement for Flintoff.
Broad to play in IPL on his own termsSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - England's new poster boy after the Ashes victory Stuart Broad, who turned down approaches from the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year so that he could prepare for a busy summer in 2009, will play the mega event if his body permits. The other temptations will take a back seat.
Broad not keen on taking Flintoff's place in Test teamSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - England's Ashes hero Stuart Broad doesn't want to replicate all rounder Andrew Flintoff in his life and is not even that keen on taking Flintoff's place at No.7 in the Test team. "No one can replace Fred.
England can dominate with Broad at the helm: FlintoffAugust 26th, 2009 LONDON - Former England Test player Andrew Flintoff believes that Northamptonshire quick Stuart Broad will help the national side to dominate international fixtures more than he did. Yesterday, just hours before he went into hospital to collect more points on his loyalty card for yet another bout of surgery, Flintoff said his final Test goodbye and bowed out an ordinary man.
England's aim is to become No.1 Test team: BroadAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - Fast bowler Stuart Broad, who was man of the match in Sunday's 197-run series-clinching win over Australia at The Oval, has said that England's aim is to become the No.1 Test team following their 2-1 Ashes series triumph. But Broad warned that he and England have much more to prove yet.
Broad says England in a great position to win AshesAugust 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Fast bowler Stuart Broad believes that England are in a great position to win the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval after bundling out the Australians for 160 and taking an overall lead of 230 runs on the second day of the game. Broad who contributed significantly to the Australian collapse by claiming five wickets for 37 runs, said: "We are in a great position.
Freddie Factor will inspire team, says StraussAugust 20th, 2009 SURREY - England captain Andrew Strauss reckons that the Freddie Factor will inspire his team to do well in the fifth and final Test match at The Oval. Strauss believes the script has already been written for all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who will retire from Test cricket, to produce another epic show in his farewell Test.
Aussies are on the hop, says BroadAugust 7th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuart Broad reckons England's tough nuts have caught the Aussies on the hop. Tempers flared during the Third Test and, with The Ashes now in sight, there could be fireworks at Headingley.
Swann sorry KP not there for Ashes, but says Freddie will do the jobJuly 23rd, 2009 LONDON - England off-spinner Graeme Swann has described the exit of star batsman Kevin Pietersen from the remaining three Tests of the ongoing Ashes series as a major blow for the hosts, but believes that having all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be enough to win back the Ashes. In article for The Sun, Swann recalls his over two-decade-long association with Flintoff, and says that he still retains the power and skill of yore to tear through the Australian batting line up.
Leave Flintoff alone, says ex-Lancashire mate Stuart LawJuly 8th, 2009 LONDON - Former Lancashire captain Stuart Law believes that England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff should not be a topic of discussion and that the ECB should value the cricketing giant who is in their midst. Flintoff is public property again and an expectant nation is at loggerheads over whether to delight in his humanity or to suspect that his ill-timed lapse into unprofessionalism so close to the Australia series is a harbinger of doom in the Tests that lie ahead.
Flintoff will play key role in winning Ashes, says LaxmanJune 18th, 2009 LANCASHIRE - Stylish Indian batsman VVS Laxman believes that his Lancashire team-mate Andrew Flintoff will recover from his knee surgery to play a vital role in England's endeavor to bring back the Ashes from the Australians. Laxman is currently playing for Lancashire in the LV County Championship England.
Freddie says he is on course to play the AshesJune 12th, 2009 LONDON - England all rounder Andrew Flintoff has said that he is confident about making it to the Ashes squad, and he proved it by knocking over former Aussie opener Michael De Venuto with his second ball. According to The Sun, Flintoff was included at the last minute by Lancashire for the four-day match against Durham after seamer Tom Smith was injured in the warm-ups.
If in England, migrant staff should speak English, says annoyed FlintoffJune 2nd, 2009 LONDON - England all-rounder Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff says it annoys him when migrant hotel staff in England are unable to communicate in English. "It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country and they don't understand what I'm saying because they don't speak English.
Freddie Flintoff may not be a success in Ashes: PontingMay 30th, 2009 LONDON - The war for Ashes 2009 has begun with Australian captain Ricky Ponting firing the first salvo, questioning whether England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be any good this summer. Flintoff underwent knee surgery in April and has not yet started running properly.
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