England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff flew to Jamaica on Monday for a scan after picking up a side strain in England's opening warm-up game against an invitational team from St Kitts & Nevis. Flintoff pulled out of the match on Sunday and was replaced by Stuart Broad.
With the wicket hardly assisting batsmen, all-rounder Andrew Flintoff today said anything more than four per over will be a difficult chase for England on the fifth and final day of the second cricket Test against India in Mohali.
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.
The England all-rounder will not play the Duleep Trophy matches, but will continue his rehabilitation from ankle surgery.
"His ankle is still sore," new coach Peter Moores said.
Flintoff, who has twice undergone operations on his ankle, reported some discomfort after playing for his county Lancashire against Hampshire on Saturday.
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.
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.
England captain Andrew Flintoff has ruled out another shirtless celebration if his team beats Australia in Saturday's must-win Champions Trophy game.
England coach Peter Moores said on Sunday that he hopes Andrew Flintoff will take another step towards a return to test cricket by resuming bowling again in a county match this week.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting and talismanic England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff may be seen in the new role of a commentator in the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.
India's captain Rahul Dravid says any about 150 would be a good total to chase on the final day of the second Test.
Although Flintoff has the makings of a great leader, he will still need all the support of his senior players if England are to retain the Ashes, Strauss said.
England feel attacking the first 10 overs of the powerplay is going to be a critical part of the game.\n
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.
Flintoff has been sidelined with an injured left ankle since the third Test defeat by Sri Lanka three weeks ago.
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.
English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff would be spending the next three months in Dubai recovering from the operation on his right knee.
"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.
With this, Yuvi also reached his half-century in just 12 balls, the fastest in T20I cricket history.
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.
Starc was bought by KKR ahead of IPL 2018 but an injury had ruled him out of that season.
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 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.
Uncapped Yorkshire captain Anthony McGrath is in line to replace Flintoff.
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.
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