Andrew Strauss will manage Andrew Flintoff's fitness carefully after revealing he expects the England all-rounder to play in the third Ashes Test.
Andrew Strauss will manage Andrew Flintoff's fitness carefully after revealing he expects the England all-rounder to play in the third Ashes Test.
Flintoff is troubled by a chronic knee problem that threatens his participation in the remaining three matches of the Ashes series, which Australia trail 0-1. Strauss is confident the team's talisman, who will retire from Test cricket at the end of the series, will spearhead England's attack when the series resumes at Edgbaston tomorrow. But the England captain will have one eye on the remaining fixtures at Headingley and The Oval when deciding Flintoff's workload.
"A lot depends on how much bowling Freddie does at Edgbaston," said Strauss.
"He's very keen to play in the remaining three Tests.
"So far it doesn't look like his knee injury has deteriorated but the reality is you enter a Test match with everyone 100% fit to play otherwise they're not in the team. As captain I will be juggling the bowling attack according to what the match situation dictates. Clearly we don't want Fred to be bowling millions of overs when conditions aren't in his favour."
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