Without a doubt, Andrew Flintoff is the gifted most Cricketer of the current cricketing world. He is the current best all rounder Cricketer and certainly one of the best al rounder of all times along side Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and so on. He plays for the English Cricket Team and recently retired from the longer version of the game after winning the prestigious Ashes this summer. But, at the same time he has decided to carry on playing in the shorter version of the game for his country and as a freelance Cricketer for different clubs all around the Cricketing world. A few major facts about this Cricketing great are listed below:

1. The great Andrew Flintoff also known as “Freddy” was born on 6^th December, 1977 in the Preston Langshire County, after the win in the Ashes in the year 2005 he well established himself as the greatest current English player scoring 402 runs with the bat and taking 24 scalps.

2. Looking back at the past, in the year 2001 he requested to get transferred to the Rod Marsh’s England Cricket Board academy. In the year of 2002 he went through a hernia operation. After successful completion of this operation he finally came to thick of things and played straight into the World Cup 2003 where he assumed the centre stage.

3. After assisting England in becoming the winners in South Africa by defeating them by a 2-1 margin, he then had to deal with some other medical problems, he returned home with a view to recuperate and return in better shape.

4. After he made a second come back he aided England in managing a meagre 2 run victory over Australia in one of the best and enthralling Tests of all time.

5. In the year 2007 he again underwent a third ankle surgery and a lot of the people wondered whether he could ever make a return. The following June he came back with a bang and played against the mighty South Africans.

6. When Andrew Flintoff was hailed as the Man of the Year, with 4-0 series win over the South Africans he was in the best of his forms in turning out the very best.

7. Confirming his ability and popularity as one of the giants in the current Cricketing world, he was signed by an IPL team (CSK) offering a $1.55 million annual contract.

With Andrew Flintoff retiring from the Test Cricket after the Ashes ’09 win and refusing to sign the special yearly contract offered by ECB, it’s highly unlikely to watch him in the thick of the scenes in the international circuit. But, his presence would certainly be felt all around the world in the domestic circuit with his current decision of playing as a freelance cricketer.