London, July 23: He will bid adieu to Test cricket in a few days but Andrew Flintoff is not letting emotions overwhelm him, and all that is occupying the all-rounder’s mind is the unfinished task in the ongoing Ashes series.
“There is no time for sentiment. I will worry about that when I finish at The Oval. Walking off for the last time at Lord’s the other day was special. I sat in the dressing room and had a look around and felt pretty pleased with myself,” he said.
“It probably hasn’t hit me yet, in a few weeks, maybe when the lads are playing in South Africa this winter, that’s when it will hit me. But for now I just want to focus on playing at Edgbaston and performing,” he added.
The England all rounder also urged fans to be patient and not start believing that England have regained the Ashes after winning at Lord’s.
“We have won one Test match and that’s all we’ve won. It’s great and we enjoyed it but it’s now about getting ready for next week and we have got to perform as we have or even better,” he said.
Flintoff also said that Australians are expected to hit back hard after losing the second Test match.
“The two sides are dramatically different in appearance from the last time we played in 2005 and I think they are close. That’s what we might see over the next three matches, the series is obviously hotting up nicely,” he told the ‘Independent’.
—-PTI