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Improving Flintoff wants to play two more World Cups

by ANI November 20, 2009 Sports

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff wants to play in tWO more World Cups after coming through a career-saving knee operation.
Freddie has been told his recovery is going so well he can set his sights on the 2011 one-day bonanza and the 2015 tournament, by which time he will be 37, reports The Sun.
“It is a weight [...]

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Flintoff says he is ”on track” for a comeback

by ANI November 17, 2009 Sports

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff says he is recovering well from his knee surgery, and concedes he is likely to miss England’’s tour to Bangladesh early next year.
Flintoff, 31, said: “My recovery is still on track. But I must admit that saying I would be fit to play in Bangladesh may have been a touch optimistic [...]

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Flintoff expresses joy over new Lancashire deal

by ANI November 6, 2009 Sports

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has expressed his delight over a new three-year deal with English County cricket team Lancashire.
Flintoff, 31, will play limited overs cricket for the county after he called time on his England Test career at the end of the summer.
Flintoff, who made his Red Rose debut in 1995, still hopes to play [...]

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England have lost their X-factor without Flintoff, says Lee

by ANI September 9, 2009 Sports

Australian speedster Brett Lee has claimed that England have lost their X-factor without all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.
Flintoff is going through his own period of rehabilitation following knee surgery and is presently recuperating in his home in Dubai.
“England have some other great bowlers but what Andrew brings to the game is that X-factor,” The Telegraph quoted Lee, [...]

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Flintoff suffering from deep vein thrombosis post surgery

by ANI September 7, 2009 Sports

England cricket hero Andrew Flintoff is suffering from deep vein thrombosis in his right calf after knee surgery.
The 31-year-old all-rounder underwent an operation following the conclusion of this summer’’s Ashes tournament.
A Sky News report said Flintoff could be sidelined for a minimum of six months.
An England and Wales Cricket Board statement read: “Andrew Flintoff recently [...]

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England can dominate with Broad at the helm: Flintoff

by ANI August 26, 2009 Sports

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 [...]

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Winning The Ashes would be the greatest feat of my career, says Flintoff

by ANI August 19, 2009 Sports

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has said that winning The Ashes this summer would be the greatest feat of his career.
Recalling England’’s epic 2005 Ashes triumph, Flintoff, who scored 402 runs, took 24 wickets and was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year, said the difference back then was England believed they would win.
Now, as they [...]

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Strauss hopeful about Flintoff’’s fitness

by ANI August 4, 2009 Sports

England cricket captain Andrew Strauss remains “very confident” that all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be fit to play in Friday’’s fourth Ashes Test, despite the fast bowler struggling through Monday’s stalemate at Edgbaston.
Flintoff bowled only 11 overs on the final day as Australia – in trouble at 161 for four before lunch – batted on and [...]

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‘Ashes banter will not sour cricketing relations’, says Flintoff

by ANI August 3, 2009 Sports

England cricketer Andrew Flintoff has expressed confidence that the cricketing relations between England and Australia would not turn sour following the verbal exchanges between both sides during the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
The 31 year-old all rounder reckoned that the exchange is a part of the competitive nature of the prestigious Ashes cricket, and said, [...]

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