Ireland's dashing all-rounder Kevin O'Brien says he was disappointed at not being picked by any of the franchises at the auction for the fifth edition of the IPL.
Andrew Flintoff on Monday rated Sachin Tendulkar's second innings Test century at Chennai against England as the batting maestro's career-best and termed his words of gratitude to the visitors for returning to India to play the series after the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai as a extremely touching gesture.
"It reminded me a little bit of Flintoff in 2005 and the impact of that over to Ponting and Langer, but in the context of this game it was huge," Root said.
Freelance England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will coach the United Arab Emirates national team while he recovers in Dubai from knee surgery, his agent told a newspaper in London.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting expects more cricketers to follow Andrew Flintoff and Andrew Symonds in going freelance.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting and talismanic England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff may be seen in the new role of a commentator in the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.
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.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Thursday after years of battling injury.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who reportedly persuaded Brett Lee into quitting Tests, on Wednesday said he is saddened by the Australian pacer's retirement, while several other former and current cricketers also paid tribute to one of the world's most feared fast bowler.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has had two knee operations since helping England win the Ashes, hopes to make his long-awaited return from knee surgery 'in the next few weeks'.
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan fears Test cricket might die if stars like Shahid Afridi and Andrew Flintoff continue to retire from the format to chase the millions on offer in Twenty20 leagues like the Indian Premier League.
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.
His promising career cut short due to injuries, former England skipper Andrew Flintoff on Monday said he had no qualms of getting involved in the Indian Premier League in capacities other than a cricketer.
Flambuoyant English batsman Kevin and compatriot all rounder Andrew Flintoff will be the star attractions among 43 players who would go under hammer at the Indian Premier League's second season Players' Auction in Panaji on Friday.
Indian Premier League Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday retaliated to Michael Clarke's last-minute withdrawal from the second season of IPL, saying the Australian vice-captain feared remaining unsold.
New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum has inadvertently jeopardised England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's future in the Indian Premier League.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have admitted that despite the incremental contract, they would not be able to stop star cricketer Andrew Flintoff from hawking his cricketing talents around the world.
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.
'I've done absolutely no training, the longest distance that I've ever run is 8 kilometres. So, I don't even know I'm going to be able to complete it but hopefully, I can'
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who retired from Test cricket last year and is currently recovering from surgery, will play again, according to Lancashire coach Peter Moores.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff called time on one of the most colourful and inspirational careers in English cricket on Thursday after years of battling a succession of injuries.
With uncertainty looming large on Andrew Flintoff's participation, England has included Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott as his cover in the 14-member squad for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia starting at Headingley on Friday.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has compared his teammate Graeme Swann's scorching off-break that rocked Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's woods in the Edgbaston Test with Michael Vaughan's magic ball that dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the 2002 Trent Bridge Test.
Andrew Flintoff, retiring from Test cricket after the series, has been resting the creaking body he hopes will carry him through three more matches in the Ashes series and captain Andrew Strauss knows he must handle his leading bowler carefully.
Injury-ravaged England pacer Steve Harmison is all set to retire from international cricket after the ongoing Ashes series against Australia.
England's hero at Lord's, Andrew Flintoff, could end up needing artificial knee if he is not managed with care, feels a leading knee surgeon.
Andrew Flintoff's impending retirement after the Ashes has whipped England crowd into such a frenzy that he will become increasingly menacing during the series, feels spin legend Shane Warne.
Statistical highlights of the third One-Day International between India and England at the Green Park, Kanpur, on Thursday.
Injury-plagued England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been left out of IPL champions Chennai Super Kings' final 15-member squad for next month's Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa.
British sports stars, including Wayne Rooney and Andrew Flintoff, will rake in a share of nearly 250 million pounds from the success of Avatar, the Hollywood blockbuster, as they had invested in a scheme that allowed them to cut their tax bill.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will skip the third edition of the IPL as he recuperates from a knee surgery which has also ruled him out of the World Twenty20 Championships this summer.
No stranger to controversies, Andrew Flintoff has made some stunning anti-immigration statements which may land the England all-rounder in fresh trouble with cricket authorities and his potential sponsors.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who continues his rehabilitation from knee surgery, has been given the green light to play for the club he first joined as a 12-year-old.
Star England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has joined the growing list of Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's admirers, saying the wicketkeeper batsman is a very impressive leader both on and off the field. Flintoff played under Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing Indian Premier League before a knee injury forced him out of action.
England announced on Tuesday their one-day squad for the Stanford Twenty20 competition beginning on October 25 and the tour of India starting on November 14.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting believes all rounder Shane Watson has the capability to become the world's premier all-rounder in the coming years.
England captain Andrew Strauss has invited a confrontation with Kevin Pietersen after saying that the ECB is right in using central contracts to regulate its players.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff revealed that he didn't want to play the Test series in India after last year's Mumbai terror attacks but was forced to play by the ECB, which was "scared" of offending the cash-rich BCCI.
Andrew Flintoff has described the 2006/07 Ashes tour of Australia, when England were thrashed 5-0, as being like a "booze cruise."
England's talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and deposed captain Kevin Pietersen on Friday became the highest priced auctioned cricketers in the Indian Premier League when they were bought for an identical amount of $ 1.55 million by Chennai Super Kings and Bangalore Royal Challengers, respectively.
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