'You look like Tarzan but bowl like Jane', Andrew Flintoff recalls sledging Shoaib Akhtar

Former English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff recollected a sledging incident between himself and Pakistani pace icon Shoaib Akhtar during a Test match in 2005. Flintoff had spoken about this during a recent interview. 

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'You look like Tarzan'

While speaking to a sports radio station, ex-all-rounder said that Akhtar had called him fat and when Englishman had gone out to bat, he had told Shoaib that he looks like Tarzan but bowls like Jane. However, it was 'Rawalpindi Express' who had last laugh as a fiery delivery from pace sensation made Flintoff's off-stump cartwheel backwards and he had choice or than walking back to pavilion.

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England tour of Pakistan 2005/06

English team had toured Pakistan from October to December 2005. Michael Vaughan had captained Test side while Marcus Trescothick had led ODI side. However, English team did t have a memorable outing as y went on to lose three-match Test series 2-0 and five-match ODI series 3-2 that followed. Pakistan side was led by one of batting icons Inzamam-Ul-Haq.

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impact of COVID-19 on sporting events

All major sporting events have eir been postponed or cancelled due to global pandemic. big global events like UEFA Euro Cup 2020 and Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed to summer of 2021 while showpiece event of world tennis i.e. Wimbledon 2020 has been cancelled for first time since World War II. 

Coming back to cricket, semi-final and final matches of ongoing edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) have been postponed as well. bilateral ODI series between India and South Africa have been rescheduled at a later date whereas, IPL 2020 that was supposed to get underway on March 29 has tentatively been postponed to April 15.

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