The Ashes begins this weekend – and Freddie Flintoff and Alastair Cook will be watching on (Image: Youtube)

Freddie Flintoff once jokingly admitted he'd celebrate if his daughter was to bring former England team-mate Alastair Cook home.

Flintoff, 47, played with Cook for three years on the international scene before retiring from national team duty in 2009. The pair won the Ashes together in Flintoff's last year as an England player and built up a good friendship, so much so that Flintoff described himself as a "massive fan" of Captain Cook.

It was in 2014 - just two months before the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup - when Cook was removed as England's one-day captain with Eoin Morgan taking his place as skipper. Admitting the decision to hand Morgan the captaincy was a good one, Flintof

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