Thread: Flintoff returns for Lanashire against Surrey:16-19 April.
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Old 18-04-2008, 02:23 PM in reply to Aurelius's post starting "As I said earlier: you're not really..."
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Originally Posted by Aurelius View Post
Okay, give Flintoff some more time in County Cricket. In the meantime, put in Rashid, or anyone else who can bat at 6 or 7, and be a good back-up bowler.
The problem is that Rashid is not ready, and I can't think of anyone else who could bat at 6 or 7 and do a half decent job with the ball. Broad has the talent, but it is not quite there yet.

back to Flintoff and the Lancashire/Surrey game. Flintoff needing to bat for a long time to help Lancashire avoid the follow-on proceeds to score 23 off 23 balls and gets out, exactly the type of innings he needs to get out of the habit of playing.

Cricinfo - Surrey v Lancashire at The Oval, Apr 16-19, 2008

This is why Flintoff frustrates me at the moment, he is just not building an innings, which he is more than capable of doing, and until he goes back to basics and starts making decent scores for Lancashire, I would not remove anyone from the current top 6 to accommodate him.
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