Flintoff backs England against Indian juggernaut
It must be an exciting time to be Andrew Flintoff. Around a month ago he was handed the captaincy; last week he inspired his bunch of boys to a most unlikely series-levelling win; few days back he flew back home and savoured the moment with his newly-born son, who he “hadn’t seen for a while, in fact never”. Now he’s back, for the first of the seven-match one-day series, to the same venue where, in January 2002, he was “shot”.
England’s last game at the Feroz Shah Kotla was a cliffhanger, one where they sneaked by two runs. The reason why the game is remembered, though, is because of Flintoff’s startling remarks in his book, Being Freddie: “I felt something hit me and, looking down, saw pellets on the ground. You expect to have plastic bottles thrown at you when you are playing on the subcontinent, but you don’t expect to be shot … I think I should have made more of a stand because I wasn’t there to be shot at.” (more…)
