West Indies

England camp worried over Flintoff''s hip injury

England camp worried over Flintoff''s hip injuryAntigua (West Indies), Feb. 20 : The third Test between England and West Indies may have ended in a draw, but there is concern in the England camp about all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's hip injury.

Flintoff sank to his knees after England were denied victory by a wicket in a dramatic finale to the Third Test.

The draw felt like a defeat and England's misery was increased by the fact that Flintoff continued to struggle with a hip injury and may miss the rest of the tour.

Windies bat Chanderpaul fears losing his Stanford millions

Windies bat Chanderpaul fears losing his Stanford millionsAntigua (West Indies), Feb. 19: West Indian batsman Shivnaraine Chanderpaul is among some players who fear they have lost some or all of their Stanford millions.

According to The Sun, Chanderpaul is thought to have been persuaded to re-invest his prize money with Sir Allen Stanford companies and is now concerned he may never see it again.

Each of his Stanford Superstars team was paid $1million for beating England in the Twenty20 for 20 match in Antigua last November.

Strauss let Freddie and Harmy go on Jamaica free booze cruise

Antigua (West Indies), Feb. 12 : While there has been a hue and cry over England cricket all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and fast bowler Steve Harmison going on a free booze cruise shortly after the team's humiliating defeat in the Jamaica Test, it turns out that both were given permission to go by none other than skipper Andrew Strauss.

According to The Sun, England managing director Hugh Morris has cleared both Flintoff and Harmison of any wrongdoing following a probe.

It emerged that Strauss allowed the trip and operations manager Phil Neale handed the two players their passports before they departed.

Flintoff confident about England sealing series against Windies

Flintoff confident about England sealing series against WindiesAntigua (West Indies), Feb. 11: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is confident that the team will bounce back from the first Test loss and seal the series against the West Indies.

The second Test begins at the Sir Vivian Richards Ground here on Friday, and as the side''s most capped player, Flintoff indicated that getting back to playing top-notch cricket start on that day.

`I haven't lost my hunger for scoring runs,’ says England opener Cook

`I haven't lost my hunger for scoring runs,’ says England opener CookJamaica (West Indies), Feb. 10: England opener Alastair Cook has said that he has not lost his appetite for making runs, and knows that he hasn't scored a Test hundred since December 2007.

"I haven't lost my hunger. There's no better feeling than scoring Test hundreds, you'd do it every day if you could. I probably get conscious when I get to 50 because I haven't done it for a while," The Sun quoted Cook, as saying.

England cricket coach Flower ready to wield axe

Andy FlowerJamaica (West Indies), Feb. 9 : England cricket team coach Andy Flower has said that he is ready to wield the axe on under-performing players in the wake of the First Test defeat against the West Indies.

"International cricket is about dealing with pressure. Batting in that second innings was a pressure situation and we did not handle it. We imploded. It has happened too often to us. But we will learn from it and come out stronger for the second Test in Antigua on Friday," Flower was quoted, as saying.

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