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Van Bronckhorst on shortlist to succeed Gerrard at Rangers. You know what I mean? But the Hundred is slightly different. You know where you are with it. There has not been anyone quite like him since he finished, not even Stokes who he readily admits is a better player , because Flintoff played in , on Channel Four. It will put the sport back on free-to-air TV. But I appreciate that people have a lot of opinions on it. The spectacle will do that.

Andrew Flintoff is part of the Sky Sports team for the Hundred this summer. Watch every ball of the competition live on Sky Sports The Hundred. Andy Bull. Stokes fears England players could miss out on the Hundred due to Covid Read more. Reuse this content. As he collected the Man of the Match award, Flintoff remarked his performance was "not bad for a fat lad", taking a dig at the ECB.

Flintoff lost his place in the national team at the start of but was recalled to the squad that was going to face India later that year. This was one of the most testing periods in Flintoff's career, as at one point, he broke down in tears in the dressing room.

However, he took some positives out of that tour and in the last ODI, entrusted with bowling the final over with India needing 11 to win, he ran out Anil Kumble and bowled Javagal Srinath with successive balls to win the match, taking off his shirt in celebration.

However, this was just the start of something as he was mimicked by Sourav Ganguly at Lord's in one of the most dramatic ODI matches ever played in the Natwest series later that year. As he gained experience, Flintoff became much more consistent. He scored his maiden Test ton in In , Flintoff became much more fitter and started justifying his comparisons with Sir Ian Botham. Flintoff's numbers kept on getting better as the years rolled by and in early , he was chosen as Wisden Cricketer Of The Year.

Flintoff suffered through injuries in but maintained his place in the squad as a pure batter. He justified that too as he upped his run-scoring abilities. At the end of the season, he was named as the inaugural winner of the ICC Award for one-day player of the year, and the Professional Cricketers' Association player of the year.

In early , he underwent surgery on his left ankle and people were fearing that he would not recover in time for the Ashes. However, he recovered earlier than expected and played some of the best cricket of his life in the Ashes. In the second Test match, Flintoff broke Sir Ian Botham's record of 6 sixes in an Ashes Test match as Freddie hit five in the first innings, and a further four in the second innings taking his record upto 9.

In the same game, he took a total of seven wickets as well. He managed all this despite a shoulder injury early in the second innings.