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About Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff
Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff was born on 6th December 1977 and he first 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.
Freddie has a huge passion in playing for Lancashire whenever it is possible in between his England commitments.
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.
Freddie is a hard hitting, fast bowling, larger than life character - certainly the fans' favourite.
He is big, northern and mightily proud of it - he hits the ball harder than any other cricketer around and helped by his height of 6'4" he can also bowl accurately at 90mph!!!
Freddie set England on fire in the summer of 2005, when he played a major role in regaining the Ashes from Australia - something we'd be trying to do for 20 years. His contributions were legendary, and won him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award later that year.
"The game has given me so much, and I want to pass on my passion of the game to as many youngsters as I can." Andrew Flintoff
In 2009 Freddie led us to another fantastic Ashes win and 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. Freddie has recently retired from Test Cricket in order to keep establishing himself as one of the world’s best one-day and Twenty/20 cricketers in the world
Awards and Trophies
- Awarded the MBE in 2005
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2005
- ICC Player of the Year 2005
- ICC One-Day Player of the Year 2004
- Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2004
- Walter Lawrence Trophy 1999
- NBC Denis Compton Award 1997
