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Case study on Andrew Flintoff

Background information on Andrew Flintoff

Full name: Andrew Flintoff
Born: December 6, 1977, Preston, Lancashire                                          Age: 29 years
Sex: Male

Major teams: England, ICC World XI, Lancashire
Nickname: Freddie
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast
Height: 6 ft 4 in
Education: Ribbleton Hall High school

Andrew Flintoff, , was born  , , . He is a  who plays for  and . A tall (6' 4") , aggressive  and fine fielder, he is seen as one of the best players in the modern game, and one of the few genuine  in the international game at the present time. His nickname "Freddie" or "Fred" comes from the similarity between his surname and that of .

Since making his Debut in 1998, Flintoff has been an integral player, and has both captained and vice-captained the team. He has been plagued with injuries due to his bowling action, and in late 2007 a fourth ankle operation took him out of cricket until summer . To date, injuries have cost him more than 20 Test appearances, a tally that is about to grow substantially.

Flintoff's history of previous injuries

  • 1999 – Returns early from South Africa with broken foot.                                                                                                
  • 2000 – Back injury ends Pakistan tour.
  • 2000 - Stress fracture of back: misses part of West Indies Test series.
  • 2000-01 - Back problems: not used in Pakistan as a substitute batsman and misses series against Sri Lanka.
  • 2001 - Back pain: misses Ashes series.
  • 2002-03 - Hernia operation: misses Ashes.
  • 2003 - Right shoulder hit in Lancashire nets by Sajid Mahmood: misses two Tests against Zimbabwe.

These are the injuries Andrew Flintoff had on his left ankle since 2004. Because of this left ankle injury, so far he has missed England‘s crucial international games and has cost him his important time of his carrier.

  • 2004-05 - Surgery on left ankle: leaves South Africa early.                                                    
  • 2006 - Operation on ankle: misses Pakistan Tests.
  • 2006-07- Needs injection after problems with left ankle.
  • 2007 - Soreness in left ankle: misses first two Tests of West Indies series. Ruled out of rest of series due to need for third operation.
  • 2007 - All-rounder Flintoff had his third ankle operation in June.                                                     

Individual records and achievements

  • Flintoff is the third highest English wicket-taker in one-day international cricket with 135 wickets, and the 12th highest in Test cricket, with 197 wickets. These figures include wickets taken for the .
  • He is also the 9th highest English run-scorer in one-day internationals, with a total of 2975. T Flintoff hit Surrey's  for 34 runs (6-4-4-4-4-6-6-0) in an over at Old Trafford in 1998. The over included two no-balls that, under ECB regulations, counted for two penalty runs apiece, making a grand total of 38.
  • The highest score of his career at any level is 232 not out for St Anne's (Under 15) Cricket Club against Fulwood and Broughton, he recalls that "it was a 20 -overs-a-side game, played on an artificial wicket, and I remember getting dropped when I'd scored just six. My opening partner David Fielding scored 60 not out and we got 319 for 0 in 20 overs. You don't forget days like that, whatever the standard you're playing in".
  • Flintoff was 's winner of the  in 1997. Flintoff holds the record for the most sixes scored for England, beating Ian Botham's record of 67 with a six off India's  in  on  .
  • Flintoff is only the sixth player to have batted on all five days of a Test match, achieving this feat at Mohali, in the same match in which he broke the sixes record.

NATURE OF Andrew Flintoff’S INJURY

Andrew Flintoff is unlikely to play for England until summer 2008 after having a fourth operation on the left ankle which has caused him so many problems. The all-rounder has been ruled out of the Test series in Sri Lanka in December and will almost certainly miss the tour of New Zealand in early 2008.

The new operation comes just four months after the previous surgery, which has failed to produce the required results. Flintoff travelled to the Netherlands for operation, where he went under the knife of Professor Niek van Dijk, one of the world's leading authorities on arthroscopic ankle surgery.

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Sir Ian Botham told BBC Sport it was high time the 29-year-old changed his bowling action to limit future ankle problems - but the player himself has been reluctant to do so. During the operation, the fragments of bone pressing on a tendon were removed from both the front and back of the left ankle and the ECB claimed the surgery was performed successfully, adding: "At this stage, the surgeon is optimistic that he has addressed the underlying root of the problem."

According to the ECB, Andrew flintoff is expected to play and to regain his full fitness ahead of ...

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