Ryan Sidebottom and James Anderson could play for the first time in the series.
Kevin Pietersen is likely to come out with all guns blazing when he returns to the England squad for next month's Test series in India, former team mate Andrew Flintoff said on Friday.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has compared his teammate Graeme Swann's scorching off-break that rocked Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's woods in the Edgbaston Test with Michael Vaughan's magic ball that dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the 2002 Trent Bridge Test.
Andrew Flintoff, retiring from Test cricket after the series, has been resting the creaking body he hopes will carry him through three more matches in the Ashes series and captain Andrew Strauss knows he must handle his leading bowler carefully.
He will be replaced in the squad by Kent's Martin Saggers.
Andrew Flintoff, set to play his first Test in 18 months on Friday when England face South Africa in the second Test at Headingley, is relishing a new beginning and believes his best years are still ahead of him. Flintoff, 30, last played a Test in January 2007 when he was captain of England as they lost the Ashes 5-0.
England captain Andrew Flintoff said there was nothing more his team could have done to stop Australia from regaining the Ashes and admitted they had been comprehensively outplayed.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff revealed that he didn't want to play the Test series in India after last year's Mumbai terror attacks but was forced to play by the ECB, which was "scared" of offending the cash-rich BCCI.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff called time on one of the most colourful and inspirational careers in English cricket on Thursday after years of battling a succession of injuries.
English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff would be spending the next three months in Dubai recovering from the operation on his right knee.
Uncapped Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is in line to replace Flintoff.
England feel attacking the first 10 overs of the powerplay is going to be a critical part of the game.\n
Sir Ian Botham was a worrying influence on Andrew Flintoff during England's Ashes tour of Australia last winter, says former England coach Duncan Fletcher in the latest extract of his autobiography.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is to undergo an intensive rehabilitation programme to speed his recovery from injury.
Flintoff has been sidelined with an injured left ankle since the third Test defeat by Sri Lanka three weeks ago.
"It (the pitch) should offer more bounce, more pace and we have a decent chance to take the lead," Flintoff said.
England received a welcome boost on Monday with the news that talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is expected to be fit to face Australia in the deciding Ashes Test at the Oval next week. Flintoff, 31, was forced to miss England's emphatic fourth Test innings and 80-run defeat at Headingley last week, which left the series tied at 1-1, because of an injured right knee.
The England all-rounder revealed in his latest autobiography that he was shot at during a one-dayer in New Delhi in 2002.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has tipped India as favourites to win the ICC World Twenty20 next month and said the Indian Premier League experience will come in handy for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's boys in their title defence.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the World Twenty20 after failing to recover in time from knee surgery. The 31-year-old, who missed the Test and one-day series against West Indies after his latest bout of surgery, is replaced in England's squad by Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who has yet to play a senior international match.
The England all-rounder suffered pain from a torn meniscus in his right knee after playing for the Chennai Super Kings. He will undergo keyhole surgery next week and the ECB said they expected him to be out of action for three to five weeks.
Fletcher has proved his detractors wrong after England ended their form slump by winning four games in a row to take the tri-series title from Australia.
Geoffrey Boycott has been approached by the England and Wales Cricket Board to work as a part-time coach and help up-and-coming Test players. Andrew Flintoff, who is eager to play in the match at Lord's beginning next Thursday, is among those who may be invited to work with Boycott.
England will decide within the next 24 hours whether they will send all-rounder Andrew Flintoff home, captain Nasser Hussain said on Wednesday.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who retired from Test cricket after the fifth and final match of the Ashes Series against Australia, has now set eyes on becoming the best one-day cricketer of the world.
New England talent Ben Stokes has rejected comparisons with legendary all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, saying he does not base himself on someone else.
Pakistan must concentrate on controlling England's Ashes heroes in the forthcoming cricket series, says Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan.
Andrew Flintoff has described the 2006/07 Ashes tour of Australia, when England were thrashed 5-0, as being like a "booze cruise."
British sports stars, including Wayne Rooney and Andrew Flintoff, will rake in a share of nearly 250 million pounds from the success of Avatar, the Hollywood blockbuster, as they had invested in a scheme that allowed them to cut their tax bill.
Injury-plagued England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been left out of IPL champions Chennai Super Kings' final 15-member squad for next month's Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa.
Andrew Flintoff could lead England in case a stomach bug keeps Paul Collingwood out of the fourth ODI against India.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff was recalled to the national team on Monday after England took only three South African wickets on the last two days of the first Test at Lord's. Former captain Flintoff, 30, who has not played Test cricket since January last year, is the only the change to an England 12 named shortly after a sixth successive Test draw.
The England all-rounder said conditions in Pakistan will be totally different and playing there will be quite a challenge.
The Indian all-rounder though says the Indian ace holds an edge over the West Indies genius.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff expressed full confidence Tuesday that he would be fit for the final Test of his career in the deciding Ashes match against Australia at the Oval this week.
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