The Surfer

Flintoff’s Ashes tears

Jon Pierik writes in the Daily Telegraph about the upset of Andrew Flintoff after Adelaide.

Jon Pierik writes in the Daily Telegraph about the upset of Andrew Flintoff after Adelaide.

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"I have never experienced such a sense of loss after a cricket match and I hope I never feel that bad ever again. I wasn't boo-hooing or anything like that but the tears were there. We've taken huge stick and I can't argue with that but don't accuse this England team of not caring ... I was in shock for hours after the game. It wasn't until I woke up the next morning that the real horror began to sink in.

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Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo