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Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977), is an English television and radio presenter and former international cricketer.Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading all-rounders, a fast bowler, middle-order batsman and slip fielder.
An all-rounder such as Andrew Flintoff is skilled at both batting (top) and bowling (bottom). An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling . Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered ...
Inside the marquee, with Flintoff leading a training session, is the result of a multi-year project. Not the players, but the pitches – fast, bouncy and un-English surfaces.
He went on to score 1,209 runs that season, with four centuries including a career-best 270*, at 50.37 runs per innings. It was the sixth time he had passed one thousand runs in a season. [ 30 ] He came close to beating this score the following season when, on 17 May 2010, he scored 261 against Durham .
Flintoff ended his international career in 2009 after helping England to an Ashes series victory over Australia before he retired from all forms of the game in 2015.
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After the memorable match, England bowlers Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff went over to console Lee. The image of Flintoff consoling Lee was a moment which came to symbolise a hotly contested series. [43] On 2 April 2006, Lee hit his highest Test score of 64 in 68 balls against South Africa at Johannesburg.
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