Flintoff stripped of England vice-captaincy
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
ANDREW FLINTOFF was stripped of the England vice-captaincy after being dropped for the World Cup match against Canada here on Sunday because of his off-field behaviour.
All-rounder Flintoff, who was not at the Beausejour ground for the Group C game, was omitted after reports he'd been one of a number of players who'd stayed out drinking until the early hours of Saturday morning following England's six-wicket defeat by New Zealand in their opening game here on Friday.
However, he will be available for England's match against Kenya on Saturday.
"It has been decided that Andrew Flintoff will not be considered for the England captaincy should Michael Vaughan be injured at any stage during the tournament," said an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement.
Flintoff, whose place Sunday was taken by Ravi Bopara, was one of six England players who were fined on Saturday by their coach Duncan Fletcher for a breach of team discipline on Friday night.
The others were James Anderson, Ian Bell, Jon Lewis, Paul Nixon and Liam Plunkett.
Fletcher said Flintoff had been warned before about his conduct after similiar incidents.AFP
All-rounder Flintoff, who was not at the Beausejour ground for the Group C game, was omitted after reports he'd been one of a number of players who'd stayed out drinking until the early hours of Saturday morning following England's six-wicket defeat by New Zealand in their opening game here on Friday.
However, he will be available for England's match against Kenya on Saturday.
"It has been decided that Andrew Flintoff will not be considered for the England captaincy should Michael Vaughan be injured at any stage during the tournament," said an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement.
Flintoff, whose place Sunday was taken by Ravi Bopara, was one of six England players who were fined on Saturday by their coach Duncan Fletcher for a breach of team discipline on Friday night.
The others were James Anderson, Ian Bell, Jon Lewis, Paul Nixon and Liam Plunkett.
Fletcher said Flintoff had been warned before about his conduct after similiar incidents.AFP
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