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Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been cleared to play club cricket for Northern League side St Annes as part of his recovery from knee surgery. Read More
The Burj Khalifa rises like a glass spike, nearly a kilometre into the Dubai sky. There's no taller building in the world. Despite suffering from vertigo in the past, Andrew Flintoff is up for my suggestion that we go to the top. As we head for the world's fastest elevator, he reveals his previous wobbles negotiating tall buildings. Read More
Andrew Flintoff has appealed for cricket fans to petition Trafford Council to support Lancashire's redevelopment plans for Old Trafford. The iconic all-rounder, who retired from Test cricket following last summer's Ashes success, has called on supporters to write to the council as they consider the county's extensive plans for renovations. Read More
Flintoff underwent another knee operation on Thursday which will rule him out of cricket until July. He has already spent five months on the sidelines after a major knee operation the day after England won the Ashes at the Oval last August. Read More
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has signed a three-year contract to play one-day cricket for Lancashire. The injury-prone 31-year-old retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes series to focus on the limited overs versions of the game. Read More
Flintoff has turned his back on England. Finally. As if his departure from the Test scene didn’t stink of indulgence and a sickening stage-management – announcing his retirement on the eve of the Lord’s Test; moaning about not being picked when he was clearly injured – he has now shown his true priorities. Read More
Andrew Flintoff's agent has dismissed accusations that the all-rounder's rejection of an England contract was motivated by greed.
One of the reasons Flintoff turned down the ECB offer is that he might take part in a dangerous sports television series, including bungee-jumping.
"There were one or two things in the deal that made it tough to sign," said his agent Andrew Chandler.
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The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has warned that “horrendous” playing schedules could force more international players to pick and choose their playing commitments in the next few years.
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The press release, when it came, told us everything. It came not from the England and Wales Cricket Board’s PR department, but from Andrew Flintoff’s own media relations man. It was posted not on the ECB’s website but on Flintoff’s own. From a cricketer no longer wedded to either international cricket or the notion that cricket is a team game, it was a statement of independence. Read More
One day, your son or daughter might pull a copy of Wisden from the bookshelf, or more likely magic Andrew Flintoff's stats on to a computer screen, and ask the killer question: "Was he really all that good?" And you'll sigh and chuckle, having recalled 'that' over at Edgbaston back in 2005, or his five-for at Lord's in 2009, or his 167 against West Indies in Birmingham in 2004. And you'l Read More
