Flintoff's choices for Ashes success

The role of Andrew Flintoff is a popular topic in the Sydney Morning Herald. Peter Roebuck writes Flintoff has two strategies to consider as England attempt to defend the Ashes.

They can be divided into two schools of thought, the cerebral and the warlike. Although a fighter on the field, Flintoff is a genial fellow and might not care to provoke the locals. Nor is he content to serve as a master puppeteer.

He yearns to be in the thick of the action, feels he belongs where the battle is at its hottest. In short, he wants to lead from the front. The solution is to blend these tactics without suffering a crisis of identity or losing momentum.

Alex Brown interviews Bill Brown, Australia’s oldest Test cricketer, who believes Flintoff is the right choice as captain.