Cricket: Flintoff defiant; SPORTS ROUND-UP.CRICKET: Andrew Flintoff stamped his own mark on the England team as they flew out for the first leg of a hotly-anticipated Ashes winter by declaring: "I am not a stand-in captain". The captaincy has been in a state of flux Noun 1. state of flux - a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor" flux since last summer's Ashes triumph and Marcus Trescothick Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE (born 25 December 1975 in Keynsham, Somerset) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He has played for England in 76 Test matches and 123 One-day Internationals. , Andrew Strauss and Flintoff have all answered the call in the last 12 months. Flintoff insists this is his England team now, declaring: "I have been given the captaincy for this trip. I am not a stand-in. I am taking the side out there and I am going to captain them." |
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