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Jonathan Agnew

Flintoff casts shadow on England (0)

The fact that Andrew Flintoff has played a central part in England's preparations here at Lord's has made it pretty clear that he will line up against South Africa in the second Test.

Before that, he will need to come through Lancashire's four-day match against Hampshire which starts on Friday, unscathed and I suppose a couple of failures with the bat could complicate matters.

But it is with the ball that England have missed Flintoff most, and now they believe that he is physically capable of playing in a four-man attack, he could bat as low as number eight if they want.

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Kevin Howells

Hindsight is Twenty20 (0)

The clock is ticking and Twenty20 finals day at the Rose Bowl is threatened with being turned into a farce. Semi-finals can only be played between four teams and not four plus whoever else feels it unfair that Yorkshire fielded a player they shouldn't have done against Nottinghamshire on 27 June.

Those who are responsible for the error must feel bad enough over this so let them be. Those who travelled to watch the match may not feel so generous and, as long as they have never made a mistake in their working life, they have every right to be annoyed.

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