An amazing video that I found on You Tube and I remember watching this on TV live. Video near the bottom!
0:16 - Fat Freddie Flintoff says something to Yuvraj Singh to try and provoke him/lose his concentration.
0:22 - The umpire is telling Yuvraj to calm down and is slightly holding him back.
0.25 - Commentator David Lloyd says "I wouldn't bother Yuvraj if I were you."
0:30 - Yuvraj hits a six. He is angry.
1:05 - Commentator Ravi Shastri says "I think those few words from Flintoff just charged him up a bit."
A bit?
1:41 - Yuvraj hit a second six.
2:11 - Freddie Flintoff stands with his hands on his hips thinking "Shit. Why did I open my fat mouth?"
2:43 - Yuvraj hit a THIRD six. The guy is still pissed off.
3:19 - Stuart Broad (who was supposed to be Englands' 'new hope' at the time) looks very nervous
.
3:20 - Ravi Shastri: "Absolute Carnage." (Yuvraj isn't finished yet Ravi).
3:30 - Broad being Englands' new hope and all, decides to take evasive action and bowls around the wicket.
3:34 - It makes no difference. Yuvraj hits a FOURTH six. I remember standing up at this point.
3:57 - David Lloyd: "England are having a conference meeting."
4:07 - England have their conference meeting. Paul Collingwood and Broad have piss rolling down their legs
.
4:12 - Collingwood tells Broad "Anything. ANYTHING but a six."
4:15 - Broad looks genuinely bewildered. He is thinking "I don't know what the hell I should do."
4:18 - Broad realises piss rolling down his legs isn't going to help this situation.
4:28 - Broad rallies his troops. "I am going to ball an amazing delivery here! Piss or no piss!"
4:47 - Yuvraj hits a FIFTH six.
4:51 - Ravi Shashtri doesn't bother being professional or neutral. "YES!"
5:16 - Broad with a classic "Oh shit" pose. Right arm across chest and left arm up, hand to the mouth.
5:24 - Collingwood with the EXACT same pose!
5:50 - SIX SIXES. Yuvraj put it away. Never done before in T20 cricket.
In an interview done much later, he was asked what Fat Freddie Flintoff had actually said to him and according to Yuvraj, he had said "those were fucking ridiculous shots you played" (Yuvraj had hit Fat Fred for a couple of boundaries in the previous over). Yuvraj replied to him "Fuck you." Fat Fred then says "Excuse me?" to which Yuvraj replies "You heard what I said." Then Fat Fred says " I will cut your throat off."
Then Yuvraj says to him "Do you see this bat in my hand? I'm going to hit you with this bat."
India went on to win the match and the trophy.
