Flintoff rejects ECB contract

Andrew Flintoff's agent revealed that adventure sports and not financial considerations made the all-rounder reject his ECB contract.

Justin Vaughan said that McCullum wilfuly signed his New Zealand contract, and didn't attempt to freelance.

Younus said with the huge money available now in the sport, freelancing could turn into a good career option.

Andrew Flintoff has rejected the offer of an England incremental contract effectively making him a freelance player.

The Australian greats felt that more and more cricketers could opt to follow Flintoff and become freelancers.

Strauss said he wanted to have face-to-face talks with Flintoff following his decision to play cricket freelance.

Ricky Ponting sympathised with Flintoff's decision to go freelance but said his international future was now open to question.