Captain Freddie to the rescue

With Vaughan's dodgy knee letting him down and with Trescothick off on leave for 'personal reasons', Freddie Flintoff has stepped forward as captain.

This is not a development that his captain, Michael Vaughan, thinks is a good idea. In his Ashes biog, 'Calling the Shots', he said that Freddie already does too much and that the extra responsibility would be too much. Vaughan feels that Freddie likes to be one of the lads and enjoys his fun and games. All this, he
suggests, would have to change if Freddie ever became captain.

It won't be easy for Freddie to take over with Vaughan watching over him. As
far as comparisons go, you can't help thinking of Botham and how his game
suffered when he took over the England captaincy.  Now is the time to
protect Freddie. We don't want another star in trouble.

Justin Hunt