Flintoff knee operation a success

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Flintoff, 31, has left hospital after routine key hole surgery to repair torn meniscus in his right knee.

"The surgeon has informed the England and Wales Cricket Board's chief medical officer Nick Peirce that the operation went extremely smoothly," said Hugh Morris, managing director England Cricket.

He added: "I am grateful to the ECB medical team, the surgeon and radiologists as well as the Chennai Super Kings for keeping the England team management and me informed about Andrew's injury and the subsequent operation."

The World Twenty20 tournament begins in early June, which means Flintoff will have between five and six weeks to get back to full fitness.

Meanwhile, Flintoff's Lancashire colleague James Anderson will sit out the LV County Championship contest against Nottinghamshire which begins at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

Fast bowler Anderson, 26, claimed 11 Sussex wickets in his opening first-class outing of the season at Hove last week and the England management have deemed that sufficient preparation for the Lord's Test, which begins a week on Wednesday.

Anderson has established himself as England's first-choice new-ball bowler over recent months and was recently named as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year.