Flintoff’s decision to turn down the English Cricket Board’s recent offer of an incremental contract worth 25,000 pounds has been interpreted as a sign that the Lancashire all-rounder is more concerned about making money with lucrative short-term deals than re-presenting his cou-ntry.
His contract snub opened up more time for him to earn big-money playing in the likes of the Indian Premier Lea-gue and other lim-ited overs comp-etitions because he retired fr-om Test .
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