Presidency an ‘honour’ for Flintoff

Andrew FlintoFF has been elected the new president of the Professional Cricketers’ Association.

the 38-year-old former england captain will succeed fellow lancastrian david lloyd, who writes for Sportsmail.

Flintoff becomes the seventh president in the PCA’s history and his term will include the 50th anniversary next year.

He said: ‘this is a huge honour. i have been a member for more than 20 years and it is an organisation that i am proud to be involved in.

‘the Association has carried out pioneering work on mental health and well-being for past and present players and the Benevolent Fund does outstanding work in looking after people.’ AUSTRALIAN fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for swearing during the fourth day of the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch. Hazlewood was furious after an lbw appeal against Kane Williamson was turned down by the third umpire and expletives were picked up by a stump microphone. leeds prop Mitch Garbutt has apologised for punching James tamou during sunday’s world Club Challenge defeat by north Queensland. Garbutt, 26, has been banned for two games but insisted the incident was out of character. He said: ‘it was a silly thing to do. it’s not something i am proud of and it’s not something i want kids watching the game to see. i apologised to James after the game and there are no hard feelings.’