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Harmison, Flintoff's closest friend in the game, says Fletcher "might lose a few people he once called friend" and attacked him for not tackling Flintoff's drinking in Australia himself.

"As England cricketers, we are together on tour and at home, living with, eating and breathing the same air for weeks and sometimes months at a time," Harmison said in an interview with the Daily Mail.

"In order for that to work there are certain things you all depend on - honesty, loyalty, being able to rely on your team-mates and trust.

"And the most important of these is trust; the confidence that you do not have to question the motives of the bloke next to you, the feeling that you are all in it together and the knowledge that whatever is said or done within the team environment stays there.

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