Andrew Flintoff Quotes

It's very important in international cricket to be able to hold a bat, not just hold up an end, but have the ability to score runs.

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time.

You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power.

I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.

At that speed, batsmen are almost trying to premeditate where the ball will be - they feel like they don't have time to react or move. That's the difference between bowling in the mid-80s and the mid-90s.

I appreciate every batsman in the world for different reasons. If I want someone to tough it out in the middle, I'd pick Steve Waugh. If I want someone who I know is going to have the technique to survive, you want a player like Tendulkar.

I have my own batting style and don't want to be compared with Kohli.

I want to be a high-order batter in the one-day stuff, to play some long innings rather than just go in and have a swipe.

I can get runs much faster if I stay there in the middle to give bowlers more time and cushion.

My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger.

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

I don't like to follow someone, but I really like A B de Villiers as a batsman. I think he has got all the strokes and plays according to the situation.

When you are playing the longer version, there are times when you don't have to get bat on ball on a regular basis but maybe a good leave outside the off stump can play its part in you surviving and the time that you would like to spend on the crease.

A batsman's skill and technique are judged on how he faces the Duke ball in England

Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat.

Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.

I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.

If you're batting and you go off on one it can't really help you.

Fast bowling is not an easy job. Especially if you are also a batsman as well as being a fast bowler, a fast bowler has to work harder than any other cricketer on his fitness.

You have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.

In Russia, show the least athletic aptitude and they've got you dangling off the parallel bars with a leotard full of hormones.

Sachin Tendulkar is the hardest batsman I've ever had to bowl to because he judges the length a lot quicker than anyone else.

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

When I look at the way I was able to play in my 17th year, I feel like I earned the right to play in the NFL for another one.