Australia's former Test skipper Ian Chappell has asked England to learn from the Bodyline series and bring Andrew Flintoff out of the retirement to make Ricky Ponting's life miserable during the Ashes.
Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff won the Australian version of I'm A Celebrity show after spending a month in a jungle where he took up many challenges including eating a rat's tail.
The England all-rounder scored an unbeaten 72 as England beat New Zealand by three wickets with just one ball to spare in the third ODI of the tri-series.
Andrew Flintoff said England were still confident of retaining the Ashes despite losing the first Test of the five-match series by 277 runs on Monday.
England captain Andrew Flintoff said his young team were still upbeat despite their dire situation in the opening Ashes Test.
Trescothick has flown back home while Vaughan is nursing a sore knee.
The all-rounder was the obvious choice after an outstanding 12 months during which England beat Australia to win the Ashes.
Captain Andrew Flintoff believes England can still win the one-day series against India despite being down 0-3.
Over the course of two glorious summers Andrew Flintoff bowled with pace and fury, hit the ball with power and precision and caught everything in sight in the slips.
Graham Onions has been called up to replace Andrew Flintoff in England's Champions Trophy squad and added to the squad for the current one-day series against Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Monday.
The left-hander said the senior players in the England team must ensure captain Andrew Flintoff does not overexert himself with the ball during the Ashes.
Flintoff is sixth in the bowling lists and 20th in batting in the latest PwC world cricket rankings.
England's injury-plagued all-rounder Andrew Flintoff fears his career would be over if his body breaks down one more time.
Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff became the first cricketer in 24 years to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday.
Andrew Flintoff rages against the dying of the light for the final time in a Test match this week with his indomitable will no longer able to compensate for the frailties of the flesh.
England's pacemen took four wickets between them to restrict Pakistan to 244 for six at close on the first day of the first Test.
The 25-year-old said he now wants to establish himself as a permanent member of Pakistan's Test squad.
Andrew Flintoff is struggling to be fit for next month's World Twenty20, the England all-rounder said on Saturday.
Having knocked down many an off stump during his time as England cricket captain, Andrew Flintoff hopes to do the same to opponents when he takes to the boxing ring later this year.
The England all-rounder scored 77 and claimed two wickets as South Africa ended the fourth day in the fifth Test on 59-2, still 53 runs behind.
Injury-plagued Andrew Flintoff might have quit Test cricket to prolong his ODI career but the allrounder feels his teammate Steve Harmison, whose future also has been the subject of speculation, has enough fire in his belly to carry on playing for England.
The 31-year-old England all-rounder, who will retire at the end of the Ashes series, will continue to be available for one-day and Twenty20 fixtures.
No player has been arm-twisted to play in the Test series and it was a completely unanimous decision by the team to tour India, England's talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff said in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
VVS Laxman played second fiddle to Andrew Flintoff as Lancashire thumped Derbyshire by 56 runs in the Twenty20 Cup in London. Flintoff hammered 93 from 41 balls to hog the limelight but Laxman's 45-ball 63 was no less significant as the duo shared a fourth-wicket stand of 99 to help Lancashire pile up 220 for five, their best ever Twenty20 score.
England will return to India to play their two-match Test series as per schedule, but without several senior players including talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, according to a media report in London.
England will make an announcement on Friday about whether injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will return home from the tour of the Caribbean. Flintoff is not playing in the fourth Test in Barbados after suffering a hip injury during the drawn third Test in Antigua last week.
Flintoff, who also had surgery earlier this year, will miss the forthcoming Test series in Sri Lanka and is considered "unlikely" to tour New Zealand.
Sluggish starts have been England's bane in the ongoing ODI series against India and Andrew Flintoff should be asked to open the innings if they are to avoid a whitewash, according to cricketer-turned-commentator Geoffrey Boycott.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will miss the fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados starting on Thursday because of a right hip injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday. A scan on Friday revealed Flintoff, who was troubled by the injury in the drawn third Test in Antigua this week, has strained a muscle.
England Professional Cricketers Association chief executive Sean Morris has lashed out at IPL chairman Lalit Modi for using pressure tactics on players which has led to Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff being used as "pawns and bargaining chips" in a global power struggle between India and England.
Andy Flower says England can rely on its fast bowling department to do the job in the remaining Ashes Tests if star performer Andrew Flintoff goes on to miss the series due to injury.
The England all-rounder is unlikely to play before the end of the summer after an arthroscopy on his left ankle.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has failed to recover fully from a hernia operation, will be sent home from England's ill-fated tour of Australia, coach Duncan Fletcher said.
England captain Michael Vaughan said on Wednesday his comments about all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's behaviour at the World Cup have been "blown out of all proportion".
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