Flintoff has no plans of returning to T20 cricket ? Cricket News Update
Former England skipper Andrew Flintoff has insisted that he has no intentions of returning to T20 cricket, saying that he was happy mentoring the raw talent in his cricket academies.
While speaking to the?Sun on Saturday, Flintoff admitted that he misses the game, but made it clear that he has given no thought to a return to T20 action.
"I finished at 31, that was my last game," the 34-year-old former England skipper said. "I've not made it a secret that I miss playing cricket ... You can dream and you can daydream but it's not happening really," he added further.
Flintoff called an early end to his cricketing in 2010 due to a longstanding knee injury. The veteran English all-rounder retired from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series victory in August 2009. He underwent a knee surgery soon after the Ashes win and aimed to make a comeback to the limited overs cricket the next year.
However, the surgeon, who had performed his knee surgery, made it clear that the troublesome knee not allow him to play again even after a complete recovery, prompting the veteran to call it a day to the gentleman?s sport in September 2010.
The 6 feet 4 inch tall Lancashire seamer also revealed that he wanted to play for the Red Rose county for a couple of years to give back to the club that gave him so much, but his injury prone body did not allow him to do so.
Two years after his retirement from international cricket, the lanky England all-rounder shot into the limelight after he decided to embark on a career as a professional boxer.
Dismissing Flintoff?s move into boxing, some cricket pundits have suggested the all-rounder to return to limited-overs cricket. But the veteran said that there are a lot of young cricketers who deserve a place in the national side more than him, adding that he was enjoying playing cricket with his sons.
"There are a lot of good players out there without delving into people like myself. I've got cricket academies up and down the country. I enjoy playing cricket with my two boys and taking them. I've had my time."
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