Quotes by Andrew Flintoff

“I have got a bit in me yet. As a batter I am hoping to get better and better, and when I get to 33 I hope I will be firing on all cylinders.”

“There are times when I have felt the pressure, but at the moment I play cricket the only way I can.”

“Alastair scored 60 and a hundred against two of the finest spin bowlers in the world. He had so much composure that he looked like he had played 100 Test matches.”

“There are a lot of new faces but people see it as an opportunity to put their name on the map and get into the England side. Our team is a young side and we can take a lot of heart out of it. We have not got ahead of ourselves. We have done the simple things correctly, we have not got too clever. Ive had a lot of help and Ive thoroughly enjoyed it.”

“The way we played last week, we can take lots of encouragement, but we cant get ahead of ourselves. We cant get clever. If we have the same attitude as last week, we wont go far wrong.”

“I told all the players last night and they were really happy for me. Its a great feeling. Rachael is out of hospital and doing fine and so is Corey.”

“I dont think you could have asked for anything more.”

“Obviously I have had a bit of a hectic game. But I am enjoying it, honestly. I dont feel anymore tired than I would be feeling if I was only batting and bowling.”

“Despite coming up short today, it sounds like the boys have had an amazing week.”

“With the effort weve put in, I dont think we deserve to go home as losers, so its a must-win game for us. It would be a massive achievement to win here. Circumstances have forced us to play several new players so to beat India with all their experience would be a monumental effort. Weve shown signs of being able to do that in patches during the previous Tests, but we need to get it right over five days.”