England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has revealed he never made it onto a pedalo in the infamous incident which overshadowed his cricket World Cup.

Describing it as a ''slip up in St Lucia'', 29-year-old Flintoff told last night's BBC One's Inside Sport he was puzzled at all the attention caused by that night in the Caribbean.

Speaking for the first time in detail about the so-called Fredalo incident in March, when asked by Gabby Logan if he was hauled off or fell off a pedalo, Flintoff replied: ''I didn't get on one.''

Logan said: ''You didn't get on a pedalo. So you tried to get on a pedalo?''

''Yep,'' replied Flintoff, who was stripped of the vice-captaincy and suspended for the match against Canada as punishment for the late-night drinking escapade.

In the interview, screened on the eve of the opening games of the World Twenty20, Flintoff said he was only aware he was in trouble when he was ''hauled into the coach's office'' the next morning.

He admitted the decision to go out drinking so soon after losing to New Zealand and with the Canada match fast approaching ''wasn't appropriate''.

Flintoff expressed his frustration at being remembered for the pedalo incident and not cricket, but admitted the profile of an England cricketer had ''gone through the roof'' since the Ashes win in 2005.

''You know, people almost forget I'm a cricketer, I'm that bloke who tried to get on a pedalo and it's something which I've moved on from to be honest,'' he said.

''Everyone wants to hear the events, everyone wants to talk about it, but, you know, there's a lot of good things happen, and there's a lot of good things to come which I'm concentrating on, as opposed to, you know, a slip up in St Lucia."