This Is What Happened When Andrew Flintoff Called Shoaib Akhtar A Tarzan Who Bowled Like Jane

Andrew Flintoff recalled an incident during which he called Shoaib Akhtar a Tarzan who bowled like Jane. So, here is what the former English all-rounder had to reveal about the clash between the legendary cricketers that took place during a Test match in 2005.

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Shoaib Akhtar Called Andrew Flintoff Fat

During an interview with Talk Sports Flintoff while discussing the incident that involved him and Akhtar  said, “I tell you what I have feelings and he kept having a go at me. He kept having a go at me calling me fat. He said fat this fat that. So I am not having this and I try to nip this in the bud.”

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Sledged Back Only To Realized It Was A Bad Idea

He further said that, “So as I walked out, I called him and said ‘Shoaib it’s all right. You look like Tarzan but bowl like Jane’, which haunted me straight away. First or second ball, my stump was cartwheeling backwards“.

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The Rawalpindi Express Screams Like A Tarzan

While concluding the story Flintoff also told that,” as I walked off he gave me that big ‘ooahhhhh’ Tarzan scream”.