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England coach asked Flintoff: 'What have you ever done for me?'

Former cricketer Andrew Flintoff says then England coach Duncan Fletcher once asked him: 'What have you ever done for me?'

Duncan Fletcher became an OBE after England won the Ashes for the first time in 18 years in 2005.

Flintoff said: "He had me in reception and he said: 'Can I have a chat?'"

Fletcher had reprimanded Flintoff after he’d fallen off a pedalo and got into difficulties in the water following a drinking session.

Flintoff said: "And then he turned around and he says: 'And while I'm thinking about it...what have you ever done for me?'

“He said: ‘Well, Collingwood got me trainers…Strauss gets me sunglasses, what have you got me?’

"I thought, hang on a minute, is a big house in Cape Town and an OBE not enough?"

This clip first appeared on Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy, Monday 19 June 2017.

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