Andrew Flintoff
		Date of Birth: 6th December 1977
		Test Debut: Against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 1998
		ODI Debut: Against Pakistan at Sharjah in 1999
		Bats: Right handed
		Bowls: Right arm fast medium

When this six feet 4 inches man strides to the crease, you can feel the frisson of excitement. When this man is on song, you would hate to field in the covers region. He gives a life-threatening thump to the ball. Usually in modern era, crowd come for an exciting cricket with flurry of fours and sixes and wickets being uprooted. This man does not know how to maneuver the ball for ones and twos. He bats like a baseball player and when he hits the ball, they stay hit.

One of England's winter success stories, the Lancashire all-rounder returned home from the tour of Indian and New Zealand having produced Test best performances with both bat and ball. Flintoff possesses that priceless ability that makes crowds forget which team they are supporting. Have a look at it, set yourself and give it a real crack is his gameplan. In one-dayers, he can prove to be a real match-winner.

He can come at No 3 or No 6, whatever the situation demands and can play a match-altering innings. Besides his hard hitting abilities, Flintoff is the bowler best suited to banging the ball over and again, His height gives him the advantage of hitting the deck at awkward length.

Earlier, the 24-year old usually hit by injuries was too slow, flabby and was drifted out of the team many a times. This year he showed that he is very disciplined in the recently concluded Test series against Sri Lanka.