Andrew Flintoff has just announced that the current England versus Australia series, The Ashes, will be his final test series. Flintoff, who also plays for Lancashire, is the sort of sporting character that only cricket can produce, fabled as much for his drunken celebrations when England won the Ashes in 2005 as for his achievements with the bat and ball.
During the 2007 Worl Cup, he was rescued from the sea after taking a pedalo out late at night while drunk in St Lucia. He was stripped of the England vice-captaincy and dropped from the next match.
This viral celebrates the pedalo incident and plays on the healthy rivalry between England and Australia, which has been the subject of several stunts this summer.
Richard Branson caused a stir down under when he beamed a message to Australia captain Ricky Ponting onto Sydney Harbour Bridge, reading 'Good Luck Ricky. You'll need it. Dickyx'.
I put the Andrew Flintoff viral on Let's Be Havin' You as well as it's sporty, but thought it was worth sticking on here as I want to disseminate it a bit further.
For good measure, here's Flintoff's apology for the pedalo incident.
And his drunken post-victory party interview.
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