Andrew Flintoff to retire from Test cricket

[ZoraxDoom]

Its dunno, not dunnow. FFS.

They haven't jumped the gun, they are just speculating, its not like they are announcing it.

I like spelling it dunnow.

They've pretty much announced it. 'Flintoff to retire from Test cricket'. Not many other ways to interpret that...

 

[madmusician]

"Expecting confirmation at 11 that Flintoff is retiring from Tests after this series. Not surprising to be honest." Twitter / Jonathan Agnew: Expecting confirmation at ...

My interpretation exactly.

 

[Hooper]

I like spelling it dunnow.

They've pretty much announced it. 'Flintoff to retire from Test cricket'. Not many other ways to interpret that...

Lolw, Iw knoww butw theyw haventw actuallyw comew outw andw saidw itw, theyw arew justw reportingw.

 

[madmusician]

Yeah just read that. How long until 11 in England? 35 minutes?

About half an hour from now.

 

[Hooper]

Oh dear dear dear, the only cigar toking, beer skulling Pom who I actually admired...Going away from Test cricket. Bit early, but yeah, welcome to the Shane Watson club.

 

[harrisb]

Sky Sports News are saying that it is expected that Flintoff will announce his retirement from Test Cricket at 11am this morning, however if he does, he'll retire at the end of the Ashes

Why, if he is to announce it now, is he announcing it now??

07harrisb added 0 Minutes and 37 Seconds later...

Now it's 12:30 pm

delays, delays

 

[The_gas]

Yep put back to 12:30pm.

 

[Skater]

I picked the time to write this thread quite well!

I hope he waits until the end of the series to pack it in, I'm going to the 3rd Test and have never seen him play live. A legend of modern day English cricket.

 

[madmusician]

I reckon it will be the end of the series, it will give him (and England) a massive boost, as he aims to finish on a high. I really think that it could play in our favour.

 

[BigCrickNan]

This is fair enough if our next 4 series are against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe...

 

[Jakester1288]

Interesting. He was never a great player but he is good, has heart and his performances from 2004 and 2005 are excellent.

I'm sick of players retiring from Test to play the shorter forms, would rather players retire from the shorter forms to play the Test matches. In some cases, possibly this one, that's just not possible, but for someone like Tendulkar, I really hope he follows that route because it's possible for him.

 

[ajdude]

Flintoff to retire from Test cricket | England Cricket News | Cricinfo.com

End of the series, poor bugger, just can't help the injuries; at least (for England's sake) he's making himself available for ODI and T20 cricket.

 

[madmusician]

Official now - according to 5 live.

madmusician added 1 Minutes and 44 Seconds later...

"Confirmed. Flintoff retires from Tests after this series. Still avail for ODIs. "My body says its time to stop""

Twitter / Jonathan Agnew: Confirmed. Flintoff retire ...

 

[King Pietersen]

LOL! So i was right, KP.

He can't be serious, he can't retire from bowling and expect to be picked in Tests.

Never said you weren't =/ Pretty sure I meantioned on the 1st page that I expect him to retire from one form of the game in the near future.

Just checked, and I called it. First reply of the thread:

He's still got an ODi and T20 future, but think he needs to pull the plug on his Test career after this series is done

So really, I was right =]

Shame to see him retire, but his body's not up to the strain of 5 Day cricket anymore. We need to keep him for ODi's and T20's as he's still our best OD bowler. Broad will be in a year or two, but Fred's still our #1 as far as I'm concerned. You will be missed Fred!

 

[evertonfan]

I'm hoping he still has the desire to play for Lancs too...