Results tagged “Andrew Flintoff”
It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss is preparing for a tough tour in South Africa but he's confident his team are up there with the world's best.
Strauss led England to victory in this summer's Ashes series against Australia and he is determined to build on that success this winter.
England cricket star Andrew Flintoff dropped into Canary Wharf this afternoon to meet his adoring public.
The popular all-rounder, nicknamed Freddie, was signing copies of his new book Ashes to Ashes at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall and drew a big crowd.
He has 100 centuries to his name but Mark Ramprakash might always be seen as the nearly man of English cricket.
With 33,244 first-class runs in a 20 year career, Ramprakash has been one of the heaviest scorers in the domestic game but never hit those heights in the test arena.
The Ashes series is tantalisingly poised at 1-1 as England and Australia head into the final test match at The Oval.
England have to win to reclaim the famous urn and test veteran Mark Butcher is under no illusions about the scale of the task facing them.
"It's going to be a hell of a battle and one England are very much looking forward to."
England batsman Alastair Cook is relishing the chance of getting stuck into Australia next month, and he cannot wait for the talking to stop and the Ashes action to begin.
