Ex-England cricketer Andrew Flintoff talks about plans to become a professional boxer. In 2000, he hit 135 not out in the quarterfinals of the Natwest Trophy against Surrey, which David Gower described as "the most awesome innings we are ever going to see on a cricket field". Flintoff amassed four fifties in the series, and took 11 wickets, on unfriendly surfaces for seamers. Flintoff played in only one first-class game in the lead up to the series. As of 2011 Flintoff was named as a brand ambassador for big men's fashion brand Jacamo and had his own range produced in 2012. [30], On 15 July 2009, Flintoff announced he would retire from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes Series. BoxRec.com uses cookies to make the site simpler. In February 2006 following England captain Michael Vaughan and vice-captain Marcus Trescothick becoming unavailable for the first Test match against India, Flintoff was named captain of the England team and subsequently announced that he would be staying in India for the entire Test series, although he and his wife were expecting their second child. [1] He continued to play recreationally for Penwortham Cricket Club alongside his brother Chris Flintoff. This was first aired on BBC1 on Wednesday, 11 January 2012. Undergoes a fourth ankle operation, July 2008: Returns to England side to face South Africa to end more than a year out due to injury, 2009: February – becomes the highest-ever-paid IPL player, alongside Kevin Pietersen, when the Chennai Super Kings bought him for $1.55m (£1m), 2009: April – Takes hat-trick for England as they wrap up their ODI series against West Indies 3-2 with a 26-run win in St Lucia. Flintoff continued to captain England during the seven ODIs in India, although he was rested for two matches. He also currently hosts a radio show on BBC Radio Five Live on Monday nights. "[31], On England's tour of India, Flintoff started the series well. centrepoints.org Andrew Flintoff Andrew Flintoff, Early years: criticism, injury and fitness troubles, Improved consistency, step-up to key international player, 2007–09: Injuries, comeback, and retirement, 2014–present: Twenty20 comeback and second retirement, Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year. Andrew Flintoff boxing career should be ended, say David Price and Martin Murray on Ringside Andrew Flintoff should quit professional boxing after his debut win, say the Ringside guests. Release date: 19 October 2012. Government Boys Senior Secondary School Kandoora. The series turned out to be a humiliating one for Flintoff, leading his side to five straight losses and thus losing the Ashes after having held them for the shortest time in history. [23], Flintoff returned to the England team for the last group match against Kenya, taking two wickets. "Flintoff," wrote Peter Roebuck some time later, "is a fine cricketer who has never quite worked out how he takes wickets or scores runs. Former Sheffield United footballer Curtis Woodhouse made his boxing debut in … Colin Flintoff remarked "If I'd taken it he'd have been the first Test batsman to be caught out by his dad! [7] He made his Test match debut for England in 1998 against South Africa at Trent Bridge, in a match remembered for its second-innings duel between Mike Atherton and Allan Donald; in a precursor to their subsequent rivalry, Flintoff and Jacques Kallis exchanged wickets. In the same year England's management made clear they were unhappy with his fitness and weight, Flintoff responded to his critics with 42 not out in a one-day game against Zimbabwe on his home ground of Old Trafford, forming an explosive second-wicket stand with Graeme Hick; as he collected the Man of the Match award he remarked his performance was "not bad for a fat lad". Flintoff is only the seventh player to have batted on all five days of a Test match, achieving this feat at Mohali, in the same match in which he broke the sixes record. In 2006 Andrew was awarded an MBE, yet in September 2010, as one of the biggest players in the game, Flintoff retired from professional cricket due to a recurring knee injury. [38], On 16 September 2010, Flintoff retired from all forms of professional cricket, having consulted medical advisers. Jun 21, 2012 I don't care. Say what you like. Manchester: Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff began his boxing career with a narrow victory over Richard Dawson on Friday night after being knocked down by the American. Filming for the 27th series of the BBC Two show began in early 2019, and first aired in June 2019. Flintoff became a presenter of the BBC Two show Top Gear in 2019. Flintoff bowled consistently against the South Africans, but South African coach Mickey Arthur felt that he was too defensive. [45] He returned to commentary during the 2012 World Matchplay, where he called Michael van Gerwen's nine dart finish against Steve Beaton. Still, though, his want of consistency frustrated the pundits. He was a judge on the ITV talent show Let's Get Gold in 2012. Could this be traced back to the opening Test at Lord's when, in his first serious bowl of the season, and somewhat above his fighting weight, he bowled an excessive 68.3 overs and nothing above 85mph? Following Flintoff's professional debut in 1998, he became an integral cricketer for England and was England's "Man of the Series" during the victorious 2005 Ashes series. Scarecrow (The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers), Northern Samar's at-large congressional district, 2002-03 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team. A persistent ankle injury prevented Flintoff from bowling long spells at full pace and Australia's batsmen took advantage of this. He had an on-field microphone for most matches and memorably sang In the Ghetto by Elvis Presley during one game while on air. Flintoff, once a Liverpool FC fan in his youth, is a supporter of Manchester City. He did, however, take a one-handed catch at slip to dismiss Ross Taylor for a duck. He is also the ninth highest English run-scorer in one-day internationals, with a total of 2,975. A man stood to claim the catch and dropped it – it was Flintoff's father. He retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2009 Ashes series, and from other forms of the game in 2010. Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff is to be granted a licence to compete as a professional heavyweight boxer. On his boxing debut, he faced USA’s Richard Dawson in Manchester, England on November 30, 2012. In the same year, he also appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Deal or No Deal. He is one of only eight players to be on both the batting and bowling. Misses summer series against West Indies and injury curtails other campaigns against India and in the World Twenty20. He has four children. This makes him the highest-ever-paid IPL player, alongside compatriot Kevin Pietersen, and surpasses Mahendra Singh Dhoni's $1,500,000. Flintoff strikes a pose. He also became a father when his fiancée Rachael Wools gave birth on 6 September. In December 2016, Flintoff and Penn took the series to Australia titled "Freddie Fries Down Under" AKA "Freddie Down Under"[47] with challenges along the way. [34], However, speculation over Flintoff's form ahead of the much-awaited 2009 Ashes series died down as he took six wickets in his first match back for Lancashire and left "several county batsmen [...] nursing bruised ribs and fingers". [32] His batting did not follow with similar successes in India and the West Indies, but his bowling remained strong, with a dozen wickets in the Caribbean at under 30 apiece, followed by a hat-trick in the final ODI series, becoming only the third English bowler ever to do so. His career has been subject of a number of TV films and documentaries. Andrew Flintoff in the boxing ring Ending an 11-year-old stellar career in cricket with England in 2009, the former skipper of the team entered the boxing ring in 2012. Following his debut in 1998, he became an integral player for England, and was England's "Man of the Series" in the 2005 Ashes. Flintoff briefly returned home from the tour to see his son for the first time.[12][13][14]. Flintoff scored a century during England's crucial win at Trent Bridge. On the evening of England's defeat Flintoff, along with some other players and coaches from the England squad, indulged in some late night drinking in a night club, only two days before their vital match against Canada. These experiences endeared him to Australian crowds, a far cry from his England days. He was not injured and resumed filming afterwards. Along with close friend and former Blackburn Rovers captain Robbie Savage and journalist and former table tennis professional Matthew Syed, Flintoff hosts a BBC Radio 5 Live podcast called Flintoff, Savage & The Ping Pong Guy in which hot sporting topics are discussed. The series took a heavy toll on Flintoff physically, and journalist David Hopps remarked, By the end of the series, Flintoff was also a crock, succumbing to a further ankle injury that put his role in the winter's Ashes in doubt. Andrew Flintoff's Professional Career Cricket. [52], In October 2018, it was announced that Flintoff will be the new host of Top Gear alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris. Flintoff was scheduled to face American boxer Richard Dawson in a ‘much-awaited’ event at Manchester. Flintoff returned for a couple of games with Lancashire, in preparation for the West Indies tour of England but he re-injured his ankle and was ruled out for the first Test which started on 17 May 2007. Ultimately, he failed to influence an ailing English side and had a poor tournament. Early career. Flintoff was captain of the England Under-19 team for their "Test" match tour to Pakistan in 1996/7 and at home against Zimbabwe in 1997. Barely an hour later, it is announced he will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his injured right knee on 25 August and will miss the NatWest Twenty20 international series and NatWest Series against Australia and the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa, 6 November – Signs a new three-year deal with Lancashire, 2010: January – Signals his intention to play four-day cricket for the Red Rose county, having previously committed himself only to one-day cricket, 2 March – Admits he may have played his final game of cricket, August – Expressed interest in signing up with Queensland's Twenty20 to begin playing in January 2011, 2 August – His return from injury is delayed as he is held back from the Lancashire 2nd XI's one-day game against Yorkshire, 3 August – Withdrawn from the three-day game between the sides and Lancashire later announce he will miss the rest of the season, 16 September – Announces his retirement from all forms of cricket, From the Ashes to the pedalo: the highs and lows of the former England all-rounder's life in cricket, Andrew Flintoff's career was a turbulent but eventful one. In early 2004 he was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, having failed to make Wisden's top 40 list in 2002. He was also awarded the Freedom of the City of Preston. [30] His batting also began to show promise as he consistently made starts, before being moved back up to bat at six when Kevin Pietersen took over as captain. [citation needed] He bowled seven overs and ended with figures of one for twelve in England's 104-run victory. Flintoff had a difficult start to his career which also included a pair at Leeds. In addition, he presided over England's worst ever defeat in an Ashes series, equalling the 1921 whitewash at the hands of the Warwick Armstrong-led Australian team in the wake of World War I. Flintoff's own play in the 2006–07 series, both bowling and at the crease, was generally deemed disappointing. Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading all rounders, a fast medium pace bowler, middle order batsman and slip fielder. As a boy he played cricket for the Lancashire Schools under-11s and under-15s teams and he was also a keen chess player. Freddie Flintoff has opened up on his short-lived boxing career, which ended after only one fight (which he did win, admittedly) During his innings of 167 against the West Indies at Edgbaston in July 2004, one six off Jermaine Lawson was hit high into the Ryder Stand and was almost caught by his father, who fumbled the ball and dropped it. Since his retirement, Flintoff has been involved with numerous projects, including designing his own fashion range and becoming the face of the brand Jacamo, winning the first series of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and being part of Sky One's sports-based comedy panel show A League of Their Own. Flintoff would not be the first professional sportsman to undertake a boxing career with no experience. After this season he was signed by the Brisbane Heat in the Australian Big Bash League for the 2014–15 season. Flintoff married Rachael Wools in March 2005 at Knightsbridge, London. There's no love lost there. [54] He remains a host into July 2019. In his 2005 autobiography, Being Freddie, Flintoff admitted he had little or no interest in football at the time and only visited the Etihad Stadium for the social atmosphere. In Freddie Flintoff: Hidden Side of Sport broadcast on the BBC One in 2012,[68] he talks candidly in moving interviews with Steve Harmison, Vinnie Jones and Ricky Hatton and others about the serious effects of depression. It was revealed by England coach Duncan Fletcher that Flintoff had had a number of previous warnings about his behaviour. Flintoff did offer some hope with the willow in the Twenty20 Cup, however, hitting 93 off 41 balls for Lancashire against Derbyshire in June. [15], On the field, Flintoff was seen as a great success during the drawn series with India, with a 212-run victory in Mumbai. His newfound popularity in Australia enabled him to win the first series of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. With Michael Vaughan returning from injury for the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, Flintoff was replaced as captain but appointed England's vice-captain. Victorious: Fred won his boxing fight, but turned down a wrestling career We thought that was the end of it and went on holiday, came back home. He returned to Australia for the 2015-16 Big Bash League season as a commentator for Network Ten. He was initially undone by Australia's excellent seam bowling but his batting improved throughout the series as he got more match practice. Flintoff would not be the first professional sportsman to undertake a boxing career with no experience. 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 medium pace bowler, middle order batsman and slip fielder. Indiatimes Updated on Sep 07, 2012, 09:26 IST 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. Aggravates the knee injury he sustained during the IPL, 15 July – Confirms he is to retire from Test cricket at the end of the summer's Ashes series, 20 July – Named man of the match after a second-innings five-wicket haul in England's dramatic second Test victory over Australia at Lord's, 20 August – After missing the third and fourth Tests, returns for the decisive fifth and final Test, 23 August – Marks retirement from Test cricket in style as England win by 197 runs at The Oval to regain the Ashes. [66] Flintoff's cousin is John-Paul Flintoff, an author, broadcaster and journalist. He appeared in the BBC drama Love, Lies & Records. England qualified in the last game of eight group matches for the best-of-three finals against Australia, but reversed their poor form on tour with a 2–0 series win in the finals. In the early hours of the morning, he reportedly had to be rescued after falling off a pedalo – this quickly became known in the media as the "Fredalo" incident. Flintoff, trained by former Irish boxer Barry McGuigan, took the four-round heavyweight bout by a 39-38 margin. Not all of Andrew Flintoff's finest moments for England came with the bat or ball in hand.. The award was presented to Flintoff by the mayor of Preston. In his 2005 autobiography, Being Freddie, Flintoff admitted he had little or no interest in football at the time and only visited the Etihad Stadium for the social atmosphere. In 2002, he scored his maiden Test century. Flintoff married Rachael Wools in March 2005 at Knightsbridge, London. In fact, Flintoff scored his first run at Leeds in only his fifth innings five years after his debut. In December 2010, Flintoff became a guest commentator during a number of matches in the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship event. But Flintoff did not find success at the tournament, held in South Africa due to General Elections, as after a difficult first few matches he was sent home for surgery following another knee injury. Andrew Flintoff: New man in the ring! He matched this haul in the Second Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston in July, hitting a first-class best figure of 167. "Flintoff Way" in Preston is named after their grandparents.[67]. In the first warm-up match against the Mumbai Cricket Association, he scored exactly 100. Freddie reveals the stigma attached to talking about depression in the face of an often unforgiving public. Ex-England cricketer Andrew Flintoff on boxing career plans. He has four children. Up to the end of 2002, he had averaged just 19 with the bat and 47 with the ball; from 2003 to the end of the 2005 Ashes series, the corresponding figures were 43 and 28. Having undergone another operation on the troublesome ankle, he missed the whole Test and one-day series against the West Indies, and was also ruled out for the subsequent Test series with India. [62] The new development will be 23 storeys, not 35.[63]. ... Andrew Flintoff looks back at his early Test career. Later, he served as both captain and vice-captain of the team. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters. In the opening match of the tournament against New Zealand, Flintoff was out first ball in England's innings and, although conceding only 17 runs in eight overs, he failed to take a wicket. [27] Flintoff missed England's two narrow defeats to India in the fifth and sixth ODIs before taking 3–45 in the seventh, helping England to win the series four-three with a seven-wicket victory. Andrew Flintoff compares cricket and boxing. Flintoff holds the record for the most sixes scored for England in test cricket, beating. [33], In February 2009, the Chennai Super Kings of the Indian Premier League bought Flintoff for US$1,550,000 – $600,000 above his base price of $950,000. [4] At City of Preston High School, he performed well academically, passing nine GCSEs, but he did not want to stay in education and left school at 16. Torn between hitting and playing, pounding and probing, he has performed below his highest capabilities. After again returning to action in county cricket he was recalled to the England squad for the second Test against South Africa, where he missed the last 17 Tests prior. [61] A shorter version was approved in July 2019, with the tower designed by SimpsonHaugh. He also began commentating matches for Network Ten. He hit an eventful nine runs during the second ODI; however, while fielding, he injured his knee and sat out England's 42-run victory in the third ODI. In March 2010, Flintoff became a team captain on the Sky One television sports panel show A League of Their Own, hosted by James Corden. [28] Flintoff remained "upbeat" about his career, however. [1] He then had one professional boxing fight on 30 November 2012 in Manchester, beating American Richard Dawson on a points decision.[2]. Andrew Flintoff boxing career. Andrew Flintoff – from cricket to boxing to cricket. On returning to the one-day game as an all-rounder in September he fell agonisingly short of a third one-day century, caught on 99 against India, though he went on to hit a further century in the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 pool match against Sri Lanka two weeks later. The former England cricket captain is in training with former boxer Barry McGuigan ahead of his first professional bout for new Sky1 series It was later announced in July that Flintoff's rehabilitation had not been sufficient to quell the injury, and that further surgery would be required. For his achievements throughout the 2005 Ashes series, he was named as "Man of the Series" by Australian coach, John Buchanan. Flintoff disappointed on the field, ending the season with a high score of 46, with only one other score in double figures (15), along with three wickets at an average of 45.33.[41]. He also collected a half-century against Hampshire, although he was still yet to register a century in either domestic cricket or any form of the international game since that Trent Bridge instalment of the last home Ashes in 2005,[35] which year also accounted for his most recent Test five-for. Pic by Adam Cool© , ... From winning two Rugby World Cups and several honours in rugby league, to remaining unbeaten in his boxing career, Williams is surely on of the greatest athletes in the world. Flintoff, once a Liverpool FC fan in his youth, is a supporter of Manchester City. Though he hit possibly his worst international batting form during the Test series, frustrating him to the point that he broke down in tears in the dressing room at one stage, he later saw the tour as a turning point in his career, specifically the crucial final one-day match. But perhaps most notable of all was his short-lived boxing career. "But in the case of Andrew Flintoff, this phenomenon is getting so out of control you wonder whether Steve Waugh has returned to orchestrate a cunning mind-game. [...] In any case, does anyone honestly think a player with his fitness record will make it through a five-Test series condensed into less than seven weeks?" He made only two scores over 50 in the series, his best bowling figures were 4–99 in the first innings of the First Test in Brisbane, and he failed to take five wickets in a match. In the documentary Flintoff: From Lord's to the Ring in 2012 broadcast on Sky 1,[69] the cricket champion is followed in a 3-episode series while pursuing a possible career as a professional boxer under the guidance of trainers Barry McGuigan and his son Shane McGuigan. In the next match against Bangladesh Flintoff took 1–38 in eight overs and scored 23 runs off 21 balls. Returns to England side on tour of South Africa but breaks a foot in fourth Test at Cape Town, 2000: Hits 84 in just 60 balls as England begin their tour of Pakistan with victory in opening one-day international at Karachi, 2002: Scores maiden Test century against New Zealand with 137 off 163 balls in a 281-run partnership with Graham Thorpe in first Test at Christchurch, 2003: Features in World Cup after injury-curtailed Ashes tour and scores first Test century in England against South Africa at Lord's and a brilliant 95 off 104 balls to level series at The Oval, 2004: April – Takes maiden Test five-wicket haul in third Test against West Indies in Barbados and hits unbeaten 102 in fourth Test against West Indies in Antigua. Andrew Flintoff's career in pictures As Freddie announces his retirement from the sport, we look back at his career – including two Ashes victories and his infamous pedalo antics Gallery In the same game he took a total of seven wickets (across both innings), including the wickets of Langer and Ponting in his first over in Australia's run-chase. Entering on Day 17 of the series, he was crowned "King of the Jungle" after winning the series on 15 March 2015 after spending 29 days in the jungle. Andrew Flintoff's hardest challenge in preparation for his first bout as a heavyweight boxer has been convincing his mum that the ... Andrew Flintoff's finds mum tough to convince over boxing career. Flintoff also captained England for several of the subsequent 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series One Day International matches. ... Flintoff Set for Boxing Licence and Career as Heavyweight. [11] Over the course of England's record-breaking summer, he hit a half-century in all seven victorious Tests against New Zealand and the West Indies. [21] In addition, he was suspended for the match against Canada. On 23 August 2009, England defeated Australia at The Oval to seal a 2–1 series win, with Flintoff notably running out the Australian captain Ricky Ponting, ensuring Flintoff ended his England career on a high. Flintoff is the third highest English wicket-taker in one-day international cricket with 168 wickets. Andrew Flintoff survives knock-down to win boxing debut. In December 2017, Flintoff hosted All Star Musicals for ITV. "It's always been an Australian trait to over-rate players who have done well against them (just ask VVS Laxman)," wrote Lawrence Booth. According to Nasser Hussain during the tour he also had three or four warnings for inappropriate behaviour and binge drinking,[17][18] including arriving hung over for a training session.[19]. In the summer of 2003 he scored a century and three fifties in the five Test series against South Africa at home, and continued to excel on the tour of the West Indies in March and April 2004, taking five wickets in the Test in Barbados, and scoring a century in Antigua. Although injury prevented him from bowling, he was called into the England squad for the 2004 NatWest One Day International (ODI) Series against New Zealand and the West Indies as a specialist batsman, scoring two consecutive centuries in the series and hitting seven sixes in one innings. [26] He returned for the fourth ODI on 30 August. Andrew Flintoff got his inspiration in cricket from his dad Colin who was also a captain of his local cricket club. He took five wickets on the fourth day of the final Test match, enabling England to go off for bad light and helping them eventually to secure a draw and regain the Ashes. Flintoff's ankle injury recurred during the end of the 2007 season, and, although he played in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, he did not accompany the England squad to Sri Lanka, and a fourth operation made it highly unlikely that he would play again before the summer of 2008, missing both the Sri Lankan Test Series and the 2008 tour of New Zealand. Following the Test series in South Africa in December 2004 and January 2005, Flintoff flew home for surgery on his left ankle, leading to worries he might not regain fitness in time for The Ashes. Flintoff was named 'Man of the Match' and captain Michael Vaughan subsequently dubbed the match "Fred's Test" in honour of his achievement. [39], Flintoff came out of retirement in May 2014, returning to Lancashire to play Twenty20 only.
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