Moores: Freddie to target summer return

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Moores - whose side have just secured victory in the one-day series in Sri Lanka - maintains Flintoff will not be rushed back into action until he is ready and "pain free".

"There has been a positive from the operation (which) is the fact they found something," Moores told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme. "At the moment there is the target of getting back for the domestic summer in England."

He added: "I do not want to put a time frame on it because it is not something we want to rush and want to make sure it is right.

"It has been really frustrating for Andrew over the last two months that he had pain, but they did not really know what it was.

"They all seem positive it has gone well and that he has a great chance to make a full recovery. Hopefully we can just support Andrew and get him fit back playing for England.

"We just have to wait and see that the whole thing has gone well. Andrew went into that operation so he could play with that ankle and still play effectively.

"We want Andrew Flintoff playing the sort of cricket we know he can and to enjoy that pain free. All the reports I have heard off the medical team have been really positive."

Moores, though, maintained: "We want to get him fit to play and in the right form.

"There will be a period of rehabilitation he will have to go through, building the strength up and so on and we will keep an eye on the progress."