Freddie flintoff injuries
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Biography
Later that year, Andrew joined the team at Discovery to make the documentary ‘Alone In The Wild’. He was completely isolated without any aid or production team, making his way through the wilderness with only a handheld camera to record footage. This spurned more adventures in 2012 with the channel in a spin off series ‘Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild’.
2012 also saw the BBC1 documentary ‘The Hidden Side of Sport’, which took an insightful look at depression in the world of sport. Andrew met with some prolific figures for the documentary including Piers Morgan, Vinnie Jones and Ricky Hatton. In the same year, Andrew embarked on one of his greatest challenges to date; training to become a professional heavyweight boxer. This was broadcast in a documentary for Sky1; ‘Flintoff: From Lord’s To The Ring’. The culmination of this was a victory on his debut fight at The MEN Arena, Manchester, where he defeated his American opponent.
In 2013, he fronted his own show for BBC Radio 5Live; ‘Flintoff’s Ashes Roadshow’. He also expressed his expert opinion on each Test in a column for
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Andrew Flintoff
Future generations might look at Andrew Flintoff's career figures and wonder what all the fuss was about. In Tests he averaged 31 with bat and 32 with ball. For all the talk of his fearsome fast bowling, there were only three five-fors among his 226 wickets. His one-day figures were good without being outstanding, and his Lancashire ones nothing special. But what the stats don't show is his presence, and the uplifting effect Flintoff at his finest had on his team-mates and crowds. The game treasures few things more than an all-action allrounder: Flintoff became one of English cricket's iconic figures and his presence helped to gain the game popularity in the country at the start of the 21st century.
"Freddie" was selected for England in 1998 as much on promise as performance, and underperformed at first, not helped by problems with weight and attitude. Juggernauting in and bowling at 90mph was inevitably a strain: his knees and ankles took multiple poundings from pitches and surgeons' scalpels.
His bowling was always wholehearted and occasionally magnificent, wh
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Andrew Flintoff
English cricketer and TV personality
Flintoff in 2016 | |
| Full name | Andrew Flintoff |
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| Born | (1977-12-06) 6 December 1977 (age 47) Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Nickname | Freddie |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role | All-rounder |
| Relations | Rocky Flintoff (son) |
| National side | |
| Test debut (cap 591) | 23 July 1998 v South Africa |
| Last Test | 20 August 2009 v Australia |
| ODI debut (cap 154) | 7 April 1999 v Pakistan |
| Last ODI | 3 April 2009 v West Indies |
| ODI shirt no. | 11 |
| T20I debut (cap 2) | 13 June 2005 v Australia |
| Last T20I | 19 September 2007 v India |
| Years | Team |
| 1995–2009, 2014 | Lancashire(squad no. 26) |
| 2009 | Chennai Super Kings(squad no. 11) |
| 2014/15 | Brisbane Heat(squad no. 26) |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 April 2020 | |
| Boxing career | |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.
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