Flintoff: no worries over fitness

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Following 18 months out of the England side due to a succession of injuries, the 30-year-old has been included in Peter Moores' 12-man squad for the second Test against South Africa which begins at Headingley on Friday.

"As and when I do come on to bowl, I'm sure there might be a little bit of excitement here at Headingley - the Lancashire players refer to it fondly as Galatasaray, but I think in an England shirt it's a different game," he said. "Hopefully the crowd will get behind not just me, but the rest of the team."

Flintoff insists he has played enough cricket in the county game since recovering from injury to make an impact for England.

"Before the first Test I'd not played a great deal of cricket what with the side strain - I'd just had one game against Sussex," he told Sky Sports News.

"I got another Championship game against Hampshire last week where I bowled a lot of overs, got some miles in my legs, and I'm hitting them pretty nicely as well - a couple of runs in the Twenty20 and the second innings down at Hampshire.

"I'm in a good place at the moment and ready to go into Test match cricket."

He added: "I don't think I'm at my best but I'm going in the right direction and showing signs of that.

"As for the fitness, I've got no worries."