PTI

Melbourne, Mar 2:  It may have cost him England's vice-captaincy but Andrew Flintoff is not ready to give up drinking though he promises never to be out in the sea sloshed.

Flintoff, who had to be rescued from the sea after falling off a pedal boat in an inebriated state, was stripped off the vice-captaincy and dropped from the match against Canada for breaching team discipline.

The incident occurred hours after England lost their opening World Cup match to New Zealand.

Flintoff repeatedly apologised for the misdemeanour and promised to keep things under control but has also made it clear that giving up alcohol for the rest of the tournament was certainly not on the cards.

"All I can say and do is hold my hands up and say sorry. I am not going to say I am going to have an alcohol-free trip. A glass of wine with my dinner is one thing and the events of Friday night is another," Flintoff was quoted by 'The Australian' as saying.

"It is not going to happen again, I can assure everyone of that. It is not doing anybody any favours, not myself, not the team, not anybody," he added.

Flintoff said he was embarrassed by the pedal-boat incident.

"I am not denying it happened. Sometimes I have the capacity to go a bit further than maybe I should. It's something I am aware of and it's something I'm saying won't happen again," he said.

"Being left out for a game for England and experiencing these feelings I have experienced for the past couple of days, I never want them again," Flintoff added.