5 Best performances by Andrew Flintoff

3. 5/19 and a hat-trick against West Indies:

Flintoff seemed to have had a liking for the Caribbean side. England had a troubling time in the year 2009. Kudos to heroics of Flintoff in the 5^th ODI of England’s tour to West Indies, there seemed to be an end to the hard times as England won the series 3-2. In a rain-curtailed match of 29 overs-a-side, England could manage 172/4.

West Indies were then bowled out for 146 in 28 overs largely due to Flintoff’s career best bowling of 5/19 which included a hat-trick. First to go was Denesh Ramdin, who shuffled into line to a full-length inswinger, but worked the ball onto the base of his own stumps. One delivery later Ravi Rampaul was pinned on the crease by a shin-high full toss, and then, with the England fans roaring in the crowds, the West Indians starting to move out of the park, he produced a superlative yorker to demolish Sulieman Benn’s defences. That delivery made Flintoff the third Englishman in history to record an ODI hat-trick after Steve Harmison and James Anderson.