Andrew Flintoff Quotes (66 Quotes)


    It's important tomorrow to come out with the same intent we ended today, perhaps more,

    We realized we underperformed with the bat, and the bowlers came to the party today,

    There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.

    It's been an unbelievable day and I can't find the words to describe how KP played. It's one of the great innings. But then we've all performed. The strength of this side is that different people have stuck their hands up at different times during the series.



    At the end of this summer it's going to be great going to Australia and sharing a dressing room with some of the best players in the world,

    It's been a great series, ... To be honest, David, I'm struggling. It's been a roller-coaster. We played against a great Australian side who are full of world-class performers, but every time a performance was needed one of us stood up and delivered it.

    I'm going to be like a kid in a sweet shop. I'll be taking my autograph book and I won't quite know where to put myself. It's great when I think back two years because I was still trying to play for England never mind even being thought about for a World XI side

    If we manage to square the series here, which we believe we can do, it would be a fantastic achievement.

    To compete you need a big score in the first innings and that means a hundred from one of our batsmen. In the last test we got starts, it will be nice if someone can go on and make a big 100 and get us past 400.

    We've got to chase 170 and we can't just graft it - we've still got to play the way we play. We're a positive side and score runs in a positive manner. I don't think that will change.

    Alastair scored 60 and a hundred against two of the finest spin bowlers in the world. He had so much composure that he looked like he had played 100 Test matches.

    When I got out and I was sat up in the dressing-room I didn't know what to do with myself. I was really sick at one stage ... and I got quite emotional at the end when Ashley knocked the winning runs off. I never thought we'd lost it because the partnerships we needed were very small, but there's always that devil on your shoulder just chipping away at you. It was a massive release when we got over the line.

    I told all the players last night and they were really happy for me. It's a great feeling. Rachael is out of hospital and doing fine and so is Corey.

    It is a good opportunity to play against Australia again in Australia and will hold all the same challenges,

    I don't expect that to happen again. There are so many plus points to talk about India and its very knowledgeable cricket fans.

    We'll be playing for pride, there are three games to go and we've got to take something out of them.

    He wore his tracksuit on the first day and sometimes he would turn up in his whites and go home in them, just to get out of the place as quickly as possible. Even when we did try and make him feel at home by going out for dinner, he left early,

    There are four games left and we still have to believe we can get into the series. We always play with pride, there is a mountain to climb but the lads want to do it and so do I.

    We're in a position where it's possible to chase 350. It's not easy by any means, and it'll take a special performance by someone, but we've got the players to do it.

    We bowled well as a unit which we have been doing for a period of time,

    It is something of a shock, to be honest. Both my family and myself are very proud to have won it and I am pleased the whole team have got one (an MBE) because throughout the Ashes there was somebody different contributing at different times.

    Our bowlers did a great job and we expected to chase the target as we were in a good position at one stage. But there are still six matches to go.

    I have got a bit in me yet. As a batter I am hoping to get better and better, and when I get to 33 I hope I will be firing on all cylinders.

    I struggled coming into international cricket at first,

    Last time I played five or six games for Lancashire in 2003 it kick-started my season.

    We competed with India. We were there in the game and it took a special innings to beat us.

    There are a lot of new faces but people see it as an opportunity to put their name on the map and get into the England side. Our team is a young side and we can take a lot of heart out of it. We have not got ahead of ourselves. We have done the simple things correctly, we have not got too clever. I've had a lot of help and I've thoroughly enjoyed it.

    I'll be taking my autograph book and I won't quite know where to put myself,

    The lads are desperate to win. It is a mountain to climb now but they want to do it and so do I.

    Obviously last summer (Ashes victory) was huge. With the problems we had before the tour started and the lads who came in, we thought we played some good stuff out here.

    Despite coming up short today, it sounds like the boys have had an amazing week.

    The way we played last week, we can take lots of encouragement, but we can't get ahead of ourselves. We can't get clever. If we have the same attitude as last week, we won't go far wrong.

    I'm looking forward to it, I'm proud that I'll walk out first and lead my country in a test match.

    We say hello to each other now and we are pleasant to each other, but it doesn't go any further than that,

    It is an opportunity for a young side, opportunities arise for young players to show the character and strength of this England side.

    Today, the pitch is still wet with a lot of watering going on and we will be able to get a better picture only by tomorrow afternoon.

    Hayden played well, ... He normally comes out and takes it on but he got his head down this time.

    With nobody over 30 in the last Test, it is a young side but a very talented one. A lot of great things came out of that match and we outplayed India for the bulk of it. But the one thing we can't do now is get complacent just because we competed. As long as that doesn't happen and we stick to the basics I think we'll be fine.

    It's a tough tour. We had a taste of the sub-continent before Christmas and going to India now, they are a formidable side, we know it's going to be hard, but for the past few weeks we've trained hard and I'm looking forward to going.

    It's hard to take in that it is our lad who is giving it to Australia.

    It's Michael's team, I just need do carry that on for a brief time.

    It (India's charge) was explosive. But we knew it would have required some effort from them to chase the total that we had set.

    We've been learning throughout the Test match and understanding a bit more about how people play their cricket, ... Obviously, Steve and I know the best way for each other to perform, but the other lads are a bit of a mix and match.

    The one-day game is so structured and you have your own roles back in your country, and a few players had to play outside those roles, whereas in Test cricket you just go out there and play, so there is no real structures to the game so hopefully we will be a better Test side.

    One thing I'm sure is that I'm in control of my destiny now, It's something I'm not worried about.

    I don't want to be back in those dark times again. So experiencing that makes this all the sweeter.


    The trouble with that idea was that when I tried bowling off-spin in the nets, I wasn't very good.

    We need to peg Australia back and get a couple of quick wickets early on and take it from there.


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