Flintoff targets World Cup glory
Flintoff is hopeful of success in the Caribbean
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Saturday, 03, Mar 2007 11:22
Andrew Flintoff says he hopes this year's cricket World Cup will be more successful than previous campaigns he has been involved in.
The tournament in the Caribbean will be Flintoff's third World Cup and the 29-year-old says he wants to put the memories of past competitions behind him, having never made it into the second round.
The all-rounder believes that the current squad are capable of putting in the best performance by an England side since reaching the final in 1992.
He said: "In Test cricket, the Ashes is our pinnacle and in one-day cricket it is the World Cup. Winning this would be on a par with winning the Ashes."
Flintoff thinks winning the CB series in Australia at the end of a testing tour down under has given the side renewed belief that they can accomplish something great.
"This England team have a habit of making history and the World Cup is another milestone because we've not won it and we haven't really competed since 1992," said Flintoff.
"You want to look back on your career and see a World Cup winner's medal along with everything else. It would be nice to get that feel-good factor back again."
England are in a group of four teams with New Zealand, Kenya and Canada. The top two will qualify for the second stage of the tournament.
The super eight stage will then see them compete against the top sides from the three other groups before the semi-finalists are decided.