Flintoff retirement

Andrew Flintoff announced his retirement from all cricket, after his medical advisers told him he would not recover sufficiently to make a comeback.

Andrew Flintoff predicted England would have no trouble winning the Ashes in Australia "quite convincingly" without him.

Former England captain Andrew Flintoff's decision to retire from all forms of cricket has shocked many of his former teammates as tributes flow in for the burly all-rounder.