Farewell to Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff’s decision to retire from Test cricket has come at a strange time (and may yet distract England’s focus ahead of the Second Test of the Ashes), but it’s sadly far from surprising. The numerous injuries of recent years (as well as the numerous alcohol-related incidents) may have tarnished the glorious memories of 2005, but the heroics of four years hence will be Flintoff’s epitaph as a Test cricketer (unless he pulls off something special against the Aussies this time around). Enjoy his finest hour (at Edgbaston in 2005) below: