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Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE (born 6 December 1977) is a broadcaster and former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and a few matches for the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall (6' 4") fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top international allrounders in both ODI and Test cricket. His nickname "Freddie" or "Fred" comes from the similarity between his surname and that of Fred Flintstone^.

From his debut in 1998, Flintoff became an integral player for England, and has both captained and vice-captained the team. However, he suffered regular injuries throughout his international career, often due to his heavy frame and bowling action. During the period 2007–09 he played in only 13 of England's 36 Test matches, but nevertheless remained a core member of the England squad, being selected whenever available. On 15 July 2009 he announced his retirement from Test cricket at the conclusion of the 2009 Ashes series, on 24 August, but made himself available for future commitments in One Day International and Twenty20 International matches.

It was reported on 7 September 2009 that Flintoff has developed deep vein thrombosis after surgery to his knee. On 16 September 2010, he announced his retirement from all cricket.

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Flintoff
Born	(1977-12-06) 6 December 1977 (age 34) Preston, Lancashire, England
Nickname	Freddie
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 591)	23 July 1998 v South Africa
Last Test	20 August 2009 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 154)	7 April 1999 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 April 2009 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1995–2010	Lancashire
2009	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	79	141	183	282
Runs scored	3,845	3,394	9,027	6,641
Batting average	31.77	32.01	33.80	29.78
100s/50s	5/26	3/18	15/53	6/34
Top score	167	123	167	143
Balls bowled	14,951	5,624	22,799	9,416
Wickets	226	169	350	289
Bowling average	32.78	24.38	31.59	22.61
5 wickets in innings	3	2	4	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/58	5/19	5/24	5/19
Catches/stumpings	52/–	47/–	185/–	106/–

Records and achievements:

Flintoff is the second highest English wicket-taker in one-day international cricket with 159 wickets, and the 10th highest in Test cricket, with 218 wickets. These figures include wickets taken for the ICC World XI.
He is also the 9th highest English run-scorer in one-day internationals, with a total of 2975.
Flintoff was Lancashire's winner of the NBC Denis Compton Award 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 Piyush Chawla in Mohali on 11 March 2006.
Flintoff is only the seventh 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.
He currently holds 15 Guinness World Records in aid of Sport Relief. These include the fastest time zorbing 100m, farthest distance to score a bullseye and popping the most party poppers in a minute.