You’re probably sick and tired by now of so-called farewells to Fred, the man who says he wants to play international cricket until 2015. But a funny thing happened this morning when I was indulging my inner anorak by compiling the end-of-series stats page for this blog’s big-brother magazine. I hope John Stern, TWC’s editor, will not think his publication is being scooped from within when I reveal that England’s second-best player – according to the marks out of 10 handed out after each Test for the mag by the designated reporter – is, yes, Andrew Flintoff.

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