Flintoff to return home

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Flintoff, 31, is currently sidelined with a hip injury and has been ruled out of the final Test in Trinidad next week.

He will continue his rehabilitation back in the UK and is scheduled to join up again with the squad on the final day of the Test series, fitness permitting.

The England management discussed the best option for trying to get Flintoff fit again on Thursday following the first day's play of the fourth Test at Kensington Oval.

The medical staff recommended he temporarily quit the tour because he can receive better and more intensive rehab treatment. He spent Thursday's morning session receiving physiotherapy in the dressing room.

At this stage, England have not ruled him out of the Twenty20 match and five one-day internationals that follow the Test series.

But the longer his injury takes to heal, the more scrutiny will be placed on Flintoff's lucrative deal with Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, which runs for three weeks in April.

On the injury, Flintoff explained: "I know what I need to do to get fit. It's harder being around the Test matches, you are desperate to play, you are a bit flat because of it.

"You don't know where to put yourself in the dressing room, everyone you bump into is asking, 'When will you be back?'.

"I just want to get on with the work and get back as soon as I can."