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The talismanic all-rounder is sitting out the World Twenty20 after undergoing surgery on a knee injury he sustained while playing in the Indian Premier League and is a race against time to be fit for the first Test in Cardiff, which starts on July 8.

Asked if he would be ready, Flintoff said: "Everyone's asking me that and I don't think not being fit's an option."

He added: "I've had a lot of injuries over the past two, three years and the incentive to come back is to be involved in a series like the Ashes - so I'll be all right."

After England's impressive start to the summer against West Indies, Flintoff does not expect to be an automatic selection and hopes to prove his form at county level.

He told Sky Sports News: "I'm on schedule with where I should be at the moment. I'm pleased with it - as pleased as I can be after having surgery.

"Lancashire have got three LV County Championship games this month, they've got a few Twenty20s. Obviously I'd like to play at least one of those championship games, get some overs under my belt, take some wickets, score some runs.

"The key thing for me is form. Hopefully I'll have enough games for Lancashire - there's an England warm-up game as well - to show that.

"But the way England have been playing lately you can't just walk into a team and I've got to show my merit, which I'm confident of doing. I just need a chance to."