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Andrew Flintoff: What he said, really meant and definitely did not

Freddie Flintoff ‘Cocks a Snook at the IPL’

What he said:

“Just been confirmed India don’t want to be here! I reckon they’d play in drizzle in the IPL for millions not at Lords though.”

Andrew Flintoff joins the legion of English cricketers who believe that the Indian cricket team surrendered their No.1 status on the altar of Mammon.

What he really meant:

“I’m not too keen on our chaps not willing to return to the field when D/L loaded the game our way. But you don’t want to me to tweet that, do you?”

What he definitely didn’t:

“I wonder if I could get one of the IPL franchises to vend Freddie Flintoff branded paraphernalia?”

Freddie Flintoff: What he said, really meant and definitely did not

Freddie Flintoff Has Baggy Issues

What he said:

“I don’t accessorise and I don’t have a man bag.”

Freddie Flintoff claims that he’s not one to go down the metrosexual route, unlike some of his teammates. The former England allrounder was at the fashion shoot of Jacamo. Flintoff is its new face.

Flintoff added:

Rachael bought me a "weekender" bag last year, but it’s the worst present I’ve ever had. Expensive, but wasted on me. I just use a sports bag.

Freddie on his teammates:

It got a bit daft.After a day’s play the hair straighteners, moisturisers and grooming kits were coming out… I’m ’aving none of that.

What he really meant:

“Nice clothes, that’s all I need.And a sports bag.”

What he definitely didn’t:

“Now, if I had a girl like Liz Hurley, I’d reconsider.”

Jacques Kallis, South Africa’s gentle giant: finest cricketer of the modern generation

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Jacques Kallis is the finest all-rounder and best cricketer of the modern generation.

Yet, he has failed to capture the imagination;he is not spoken of in the same breath as SachinTendulkar, Virender Sehwag, or Ricky Ponting.

Why is that? Is it because he is unpretentious? Is it because he is unflashy? Is it because that he is not a dasher?

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Is The Captaincy Running Out On Ponting?

Five series losses.

Two Ashes in England, the loss to South Africa down under and the two series losses to India in India.

Ricky Ponting is the most unsuccessful Australian captain in recent times. And that is saying something or maybe nothing.

Australians love their cricket and their cricketers but most of all they love to see them win.

And in recent times (not so recent), they had grown accustomed to being masters of all they surveyed.

Players like Shane Warne, Glen McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh and Adam Gilchrist ensured that they were at the top of the totem pole. This venerable list would have to include the Punter as well.

The ruthlessness exhibited by the formidable Aussies – over the last decade and a half – is best exemplified by the sixteen test victories (a world record) on the trot , not once, but twice.

Interestingly, their sequence of victories was interrupted by the very same opponent – India.

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