Bloody South Africa.
Bloody cricket.
Bloody knees. Possibly the worst joint in the human body.
It seems to abandon the English cricketer just when we all need it to function as it should.
Flintoff will now fly back to England to have a knee operation and be out for 3-5 weeks and definitely miss the West Indies series.
Please, oh cricketing god, don't abandon England in their summer of need.