Andrew Flintoff has told a British newspaper that he expects to be able to resume playing at least a month before the start of the Ashes in November
Cricinfo staff03-Aug-2006
Andrew Flintoff: ‘I’ll hopefully be fit to play again … [in] mid or late October’ © Getty Images
Andrew Flintoff has told a British newspaper that he expects to be able to resume playing at least a month before the start of the Ashes in November.Flintoff, who underwent surgery on his ankle last week, told the Sun that he was undergoing a rehabilitation programme supervised by Dave “Rooster” Roberts, part of Lancashire’s medical staff. “I’ll hopefully be fit to play again 12 weeks after the operation, mid or late October … that should be plenty of time to be ready for the first Test.”There’s been a lot of talk that I might play some grade cricket in Australia or get a game somewhere else to help regain match fitness,” he added. “But I’m not looking that far ahead. At the moment, I’m sitting on my couch wearing a big boot and holding a pair of crutches.”I’ll be seeing Rooster virtually every day, sometimes two or three times a day. I’ll have the stitches taken out some time next week and then I’ll get rid of the crutches.””