Thankless Fred
By Tabrez Janjua for Stani Army in International Cricket
77 ViewsSo Andrew Flintoff has decided to become a freelance cricketer after rejecting an incremental contract offered to him by the ECB?
If anything, it shows how desperate, short sighted and foolish the ECB were for giving him a contract in the first place. Now he’s chucked it in their face, how silly do they look? Even Flintoff himself said he was “flattered” and wasn’t “expecting” a contract. Not only did the ECB offer him the contract but they are also paying for Dave Roberts the physio to help Flintoff recover in Dubai. Surely the ECB should have only offered this if Flintoff was contractually bound otherwise why does he deserve it? A board paying for a physio for a freelance cricketer? Crazy.
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