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Flintoff will have a fitness check to assess whether he can play for Lancashire, and in what capacity, in their County Championship match against Sussex at Hove.

A decision was deferred so that any reaction to him bowling for half an hour in the nets on Tuesday afternoon could be assessed.

All-rounder Flintoff has missed the opening two Tests of the npower series against West Indies, which England lead 1-0, with soreness in his left ankle.

Having thrashed the tourists by an innings in the equivalent of two-and-a-half days at Headingley this week, there appears no need to rush the 29-year-old back into the fold.

Getting him prepared for this summer's tougher Test assignment, the three-match series against India beginning in July, would appear a more pressing objective.

But England coach Peter Moores has not lost hope Flintoff will be available for next week's Old Trafford Test.

"You never de-value the people you're playing against," said Moores. "Because sport doesn't do that.

"You look at what you've got available and pick a side you think can do the best job.

"I know he wants to play so I will push the medical team to do the best they possibly can to get him fit enough. Everyone wants a fit Andrew Flintoff."