Andrew Flintoff, an England all-rounder and former captain declared wednesday that he will retire from test cricket after current Ashes series against australia because of injuries.

“My body has told me it’s time to stop,” Flintoff said. “For the next four Test matches I’ll do everything I need to do to get on a cricket field and I’m desperate to make my mark,” he said while announcing his decision on Wednesday. “I want to finish playing for England on a high and if you look at the fixtures going forward, the way my body is suggests I won’t be able to get through that.”

Fintoff has played test cricket for 11 years and now he is retiring to give his best efforts to one day and t20 cricket. He has often suffered injuries for last several years and that is the main reason he has declared his retirement from test cricket.

Let’s have a look at Andrew Flintoff’s till date test career:

Batting: Matches – 76| Innings – 125| Not Out – 8| Runs – 3708| HS – 167| Average – 31.69| Strike rate – 61.35| 100s- 5| 50s – 25| 4s- 493| 6s- 81

Bowling: Matches – 76| Innings – 131| Balls – 14388| Runs – 7121| Wickets – 219| BBI – 5/58| BBM – 8/156| Ave – 32.51| Econ rate – 2.96| Strike rate – 65.96

Test debut: v South Africa at Nottingham, July 23-27, 1998

Highest Scores:
167 vs West Indies at Birmingham on July 29, 2004
142 vs South Africa at Lord’s on July 31, 2003
137 vs New Zealand at Christchurch on March 13, 2002
102* vs West Indies at St. John’s on April 10, 2004
102 vs Australia at Nottingham on August 25, 2005
95 vs South Africa at The Oval on September 4, 2003
94 vs New Zealand at Leeds on June 3, 2004
89 vs Australia at Sydney on January 2, 2007
77 vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC) on December 18, 2003
77 vs South Africa at Centurion on January 21, 2005

Best bowling figures in an innings:

16.2-2-58-5 vs West Indies at Bridgetown on April 1, 2004
34-10-78-5 vs Australia at The Oval on September 8, 2005
19-6-44-4 vs South Africa at Centurion on January 21, 2005
28-9-50-4 vs India at Bangalore on December 19, 2001
18-3-59-4 vs Australia at Sydney on October 14, 2005
23-6-68-4 vs Pakistan at Multan on November 12, 2005
25-6-71-4 vs Australia at Manchester on August 11, 2005
31-7-79-4 vs South Africa at Cape Town on January 2, 2005
22-3-79-4 vs Australia at Birmingham on August 4, 2005
25-3-88-4 vs Pakistan at Multan on November 12, 2005

Looking at his records its clear that he is one of the best all rounders test cricket have seen. Sure England team will have impact of his absence in future serieses.