NEW DELHI: England’s assistant coach Marcus Trescothick on Monday stated Andrew Flintoff is as soon as once more his former self following a horrific automotive accident.
Flintoff had been absent from the general public eye since he was concerned in a critical automotive crash whereas filming for present in December final yr.
After a prolonged interval of restoration, the 45-year-old former all-rounder was satisfied to hitch England’s teaching crew in an unpaid function earlier this September.
Trescothick was an England team-mate of Flintoff for a number of years and he’s relieved to see his buddy rediscover his boisterous persona after such a traumatic expertise.
“He hammers me greater than anybody else. I am the primary goal for his banter in the mean time however having him round has been excellent, it actually has. He is been good,” Trescothick informed reporters.
“Seeing him develop again into Freddie, clearly he is been away from cricket for an extended time frame however that is the place all of it begins and the place it belongs for him. The blokes have actually taken to him.
“The couple of instances he is spoken within the altering room it has been like ‘wow’. You’ll be able to see the distinction and I’ve seen the development of him as a personality, the best way he talks and delivers messages to gamers has been excellent.
“To have him sprinkling a little bit of gold-dust across the crew and having the youthful gamers working with that has been invaluable. You’ll be able to’t put a value on it.”
Flintoff was initially enlisted for England’s latest one-day internationals in opposition to New Zealand forward of the 50-over World Cup in India in October.
However the former England captain, who memorably performed a key function in his nation’s 2005 Ashes collection triumph in opposition to Australia, has remained concerned for the present ODI clashes in opposition to Eire.
That three-match collection concludes in Bristol on Tuesday, with an experimental England squad holding a 1-Zero lead after their victory at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
England are resting the squad that may journey to India for the defence of their World Cup crown, providing fringe gamers an opportunity to push their case for extra common spots.
Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed is a kind of rising children, impressing on the weekend with figures of 4-54 in opposition to Eire.
“I like the best way he retains relishing alternatives and retains doing the enterprise,” Trescothick stated.
“As a youthful participant there’s much more scrutiny on him. He comes into the Take a look at crew and will get 5 wickets (in opposition to Pakistan in December), he comes into this format and does properly. Hopefully that carries on.”
(With inputs from AFP)
Flintoff had been absent from the general public eye since he was concerned in a critical automotive crash whereas filming for present in December final yr.
After a prolonged interval of restoration, the 45-year-old former all-rounder was satisfied to hitch England’s teaching crew in an unpaid function earlier this September.
Trescothick was an England team-mate of Flintoff for a number of years and he’s relieved to see his buddy rediscover his boisterous persona after such a traumatic expertise.
“He hammers me greater than anybody else. I am the primary goal for his banter in the mean time however having him round has been excellent, it actually has. He is been good,” Trescothick informed reporters.
“Seeing him develop again into Freddie, clearly he is been away from cricket for an extended time frame however that is the place all of it begins and the place it belongs for him. The blokes have actually taken to him.
“The couple of instances he is spoken within the altering room it has been like ‘wow’. You’ll be able to see the distinction and I’ve seen the development of him as a personality, the best way he talks and delivers messages to gamers has been excellent.
“To have him sprinkling a little bit of gold-dust across the crew and having the youthful gamers working with that has been invaluable. You’ll be able to’t put a value on it.”
Flintoff was initially enlisted for England’s latest one-day internationals in opposition to New Zealand forward of the 50-over World Cup in India in October.
However the former England captain, who memorably performed a key function in his nation’s 2005 Ashes collection triumph in opposition to Australia, has remained concerned for the present ODI clashes in opposition to Eire.
That three-match collection concludes in Bristol on Tuesday, with an experimental England squad holding a 1-Zero lead after their victory at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
England are resting the squad that may journey to India for the defence of their World Cup crown, providing fringe gamers an opportunity to push their case for extra common spots.
Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed is a kind of rising children, impressing on the weekend with figures of 4-54 in opposition to Eire.
“I like the best way he retains relishing alternatives and retains doing the enterprise,” Trescothick stated.
“As a youthful participant there’s much more scrutiny on him. He comes into the Take a look at crew and will get 5 wickets (in opposition to Pakistan in December), he comes into this format and does properly. Hopefully that carries on.”
(With inputs from AFP)
