ANDREW FLINTOFF MBE One of England's greatest allround cricketers of all time
Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff was born in Preston and started playing cricket at Dutton Fawshaw CC. His first representative cricket was for Lancashire U11 team, and he continued up the ranks within Lancashire, making his first class debut in 1995.
He is big, northern and mightily proud of it - he hits the ball harder than any other cricketer around and helped by his heigh of 6'4" he can also bowl accurately at 90mph.
Inevitable international honours came along when he made his test match debut in 1998 versus South Africa. His One Day International debut then followed in 1999 versus Pakistan.
Andrew set England on fire in the summer of 2005, when he played a major role in regaining the Ashes from Australia. His contributions were legendary, and won him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
His status as one of the biggest players in the game was confirmed with his US$ 1.55 million annual IPL contract with the Chennai Super Kings.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Awarded the MBE in 2005
- PCA Player of the Year 2005
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2005
- ICC Player of the Year 2005
- ICC One-Day Player of the Year 2004
- PCA Player of the Year 2004
- Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2004
- Walter Lawrence Trophy 1999
- NBC Denis Compton Award 1997
SUMMARY
- Household name
- National hero
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