The bloody epic came but the hero was cast differently. Flintoff is undoubtedly a demigod. His is a terrible divinty – there is nothing more fearsome in the world than watching him take a wkt. He derives no joy from the experience, it is pure beastial passion that overcomes him. It is as though an Australian batsman, when Flintoff was only a child, commited horrendous acts of atrocity against his family as he was forced to watch. The way he looks skyward with ferocious eyes and roars to the heavens, thrusts out his chest, stands and receives the bitter rewards of revenge from his wronged cosmos. Physically, he heals quickly – mentally the damage seems irreparable, it appears this is a revenge that will never find resolution, he is surely the most dangerous thing Australia have come up against for a very long time.