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Andrew Flintoff during the famous 2005 Ashes win
Fully recovered from his recent ankle surgery, the injury curse has struck Englishman Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff yet again - this time, a side strain.
Bowling at full pace for county side Lancashire in their 232-run victory over Durham last Friday, the all-rounder experienced discomfort in the left side of his body which will force him to miss two of England's three Test matches against New Zealand.
Andrew Flintoff in full flow
While the ECW and the player himself have said that the latest setback is in no way related to his ankle surgery, Freddie could not hide his frustration and disappointment in missing out on yet another test match for England (his latest Test was the final Ashes match in January 2007).
"It's frustrating to have picked up an injury at this time. I want nothing more than to return to the England side,
"I've put in a lot of hard work to get to this point after ankle surgery last year and I know I can overcome what isn't a significant injury....and will continue to do everything to make myself available for selection." Flintoff said.
Injury for any sportsman/woman is always tough especially for one with a catalogue of injuries dating back to 1999. Not only will Flintoff have to deal with the recovery process from the injury, self-doubts will creep in so it is as much of a mental rehabilitation as it is a physical one.
Let's hope we see this fantastic cricket player back in action in the test arena soon. [bbc.co.uk]
Ricky Ponting, the Australian skipper, would be leading his side to the Caribbean, and is worried that because of the Indian Premier League, not a lot of Aussies would be tuning on to watch the Test Series! And so he has urged the audiences in Australia to not watch retired Aussie cricketers play, but his own team!
Technically, there are only a handful of retired cricketers playing in the tournament. And secondly, and most importantly, it does not remain Ricky Ponting's prerogative to deide who watches what! Interestingly, the IPL and the Test matches would begin at approximately the same time, 1430-1500 hours GMT, which would make it next to impossible for audiences to follow both
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Vijay Mallya has made it clear that the Indian Premier League is not all about cricket, it is also similar to a corporate entity, where in the owners need to see some visible progress in terms of results. Else, the pink slips would be doled like the ones handed out to their CEO, Charu Sharma.
People have to understand IPL has a corporate side to it. It is not all cricket in the traditional sense. I just want to tell Rahul Dravid to do the best he can with this team and produce results. Dravid doesn't enjoy being at the bottom of the league and neither do I
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Ricky Ponting minces no words, whether on field or off the field. And when asked for his opinion on the latest Harbhajan Singh, Ponting's reply was as simple and blunt as it could get,
The incident was him dealing with a guy that he has probably played 20 Tests with. Harbhajan has been unmasked
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Just when there seemed to be a toss up between risking Abdrew Flintoff for the first Test match against New Zealand, divine intervention has sealed the decision against the all round giant. A side strain has effectively ruled him out of the first two Test matches of the series.
Flintoff's woes with injuries means that the whole of England would have to wait for atleast a couple of weeks before they view the cricketer in action again. And with Paul Collingwood not quite fit as well, the English team may face some tough decisions before the first Test at the Lord's
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According to ex-Aussie cricketer, Greg Matthews – he had starred in that famous tied Madras Test in 1986 – he is very happy with the fact that the Asian block is one of the most powerful one in the ICC, and is vurtually ruling the cricket world. The reason?
Hear it from the horse's mouth, "I'm very, very happy now that Asia is running the game now. The English had 100 years of it and did a pretty average job
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The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the governing body for the Lord's Cricket Ground, has come out with some earth shattering revelations. No, it has nothing to do with changes in the fine print of the MCC coaching manual, or a selection of a woman as their next Chief Executive.
It is simply this that the MCC has decided to agree to host neutral Test matches at Lord's and more importantly, it has also consented to host some of the matches of the proposed Champions League! We are not alluding to the sport of soccer here; it is the extension of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that would be played between the best teams of the various T20 leagues across the world. So, a Chennai Super Kings, a Pura Milk Perth Riders, a Vodafone Londoners and an Auckland Blacks side (names are definitely fictitious!), may face off in the Champions League of Cricket, with some of the matches being played in London, more specifically at Lord’s
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The next Ashes series between Australia and England is still more than a year away but the England and Wales Cricket Board have already revealed the dates and venues for next year's series
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Warne is mobbed by teammates after scoring the winnings runs for Rajasthan Royals over the Deccan Chargers.
The much hyped Indian Premier League Twenty 20 tournament is well under way and has been offering us plenty of pulsating cricket action despite all the matches played in the wee hours of the morning AEST
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Hilfenhaus is out of the West Indies tour through injury
Ben Hilfenhaus has been ruled out of the tour of the West Indies due to the recurrence of a stress fracture in his lower back
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