He also gained income as a television and radio presenter. October 21, October 21, October 19, October 19, August 4, August 14, Skip to content. Related Posts. He faced consistent criticism for his weight as his lean patch continued. Just around that time, he hit a match-winning 42 not out against Zimbabwe in a low-scoring ODI at Old Trafford in the year , earning him the Man-of-the-Match award.
In February , during the last match of the six-match ODI series against India, Flintoff scored ball 40 and then delivered the last over of the match with India needing 11 to win. He did not allow India to score the runs and bowled them out 6 runs short of the target and also levelled the series for his team, after which, in jubilation, he removed his shirt and ran across the field. India s then captain Sourav Ganguly, whose 80 runs in the match went in vain, was livid after the loss.
He though had the last laugh as merely six months later, he got an opportunity to give Flintoff a fitting reply when India beat England in the final of the Natwest Trophy in style. As India chased down runs, an ecstatic Ganguly also removed his shirt and waved from the balcony of the Lord s ground after India s win.
Co-incidentally, he scored a fifty in this game too and once again the final over was bowled by Flintoff. Flintoff made his biggest impact for England in the summer of , when he played a major role in regaining the Ashes from Australia after 18 long years.
The closely-fought series went England s way by margin and Flintoff earned Man-of-the-Series award for his runs and 24 wickets the only occasion in the history of Ashes when an Englishman scored over runs and took more than 20 wickets. He also displayed true sportsmanship by commiserating with Brett Lee after the nail-biting finish when his team won by just 2 runs.
The heated exchange of words perhaps provoked Yuvraj, who smacked the record six sixes in that Borad over. He has since claimed that he was attempting to sail home in a pedalo, thus giving the incident a name Fredalo. In a episode of 8 out of 10 cats , he stated that he awoke on a beach — the worst place he had ever slept.
The aftermath of that incident was Flintoff lost his position as vice-captain and was fined, but remained as a member of the team. In April , Flintoff muscled his way through the West Indian lower order and finished with 5 wickets for 19 runs in the fifth game in St Lucia. Having picked two top order wickets, he returned to pick up Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul and Sulieman Benn in successive deliveries to seal England the series and his first hat-trick.
Ironically, it remains his last ODI played for England. Injuries remained an integral part of his career. Persistent ankle and knee problems made him take the decision to retire from Test cricket at the end of Ashes Another knee operation shortly after the final Test of the same series sidelined him for another year and finally in , Flintoff retired from all forms of professional cricket.
In doing so, he was the first cricketer who turned freelancer. Flintoff was once run out while batting as he had a Viagra overdose. So I decided I had to put that myth to bed even though I was in the middle of a Test match. I took three Viagra one night and didn t realise how long they lasted. Trying to bat the next day in that state was not easy.
I was run out, simply because I couldn t move. I could only hop. It wasn t worth it, either. Complete waste of time. Flintoff is a self-confessed Sachin Tendulkar fan. In an interview with Esquire, Flintoff said, When I played against Sachin [Tendulkar], it wasn t a case of just wanting to get him out; I wanted him to walk away thinking I was a good cricketer.
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