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. Over the course of England’s record-breaking summer, he hit a half-century in all seven victorious Tests against New Zealand and the West Indies. His wife gave birth to a son, Corey, shortly before the second Test on 9 March. He was initially undone by Australia’s excellent seam bowling but his batting improved throughout the series as he got more match practice. A persistent ankle injury prevented Flintoff from bowling long spells at full pace and Australia’s batsmen took advantage of this. According to Nasser Hussain during the tour he also had three or four warnings for inappropriate behaviour and binge drinking, including arriving hungover for a training session.

Nonetheless, his struggle to make the grade at county level continued, he found form only intermittently, though often explosively when he did so. in 2002 he scored his maiden Test century. in early 2004 he was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, having failed to make Wisden’s top 40 list in 2002. Although injury prevented him from bowling, he was called into the England squad for the 2004 Nat West One Day International (ODI) Series against New Zealand and the West Indies as a specialist batsman, scoring two consecutive centuries in the series and hitting seven sixes in one innings. in fact, following a rehabilitation programme of swimming and hill-walking, he recovered ahead of schedule and was able to return to action for Lancashire in April.

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