| Flintoff is Ashes skipper |
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| Tuesday, 12 September 2006 | |
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Chairman of selectors David Graveney said: "We have had to make a very tough decision in choosing between Andrew Flintoff and Andrew Strauss for the captaincy and we were fortunate to have two such outstanding candidates available to us in Michael Vaughan's absence. "Ultimately, we took the view that Andrew Flintoff had demonstrated excellent leadership skills during a difficult tour of India earlier this year, that he was the man in possession and deserved a further opportunity to continue as captain." Flintoff, who has not played since ankle surgery in July, is one of several players coming back from injury, including Ashley Giles and James Anderson. The squad size for the Ashes series is 16, and there is a 14-man one-day squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in India next month. England squad for Ashes tour: A Flintoff (captain, Lancashire, 62 Tests), A Strauss (Middlesex, 31 Tests), M Trescothick (Somerset, 76 Tests), A Cook (Essex, 9 Tests), K Pietersen (Hampshire, 18 Tests), I Bell (Warwickshire, 18 Tests), P Collingwood (Durham, 15 Tests), C Read (Nottinghamshire, 13 Tests), S Mahmood (Lancashire, 5 Tests), S Harmison (Durham, 45 Tests), M Hoggard (Yorkshire, 58 Tests), M Panesar (Northants, 10 Tests), G Jones (Kent, 31 Tests), A Giles (Warwickshire, 52 Tests), J Anderson (Lancashire, 13 Tests), L Plunkett (Durham, 6 Tests). England squad for Champions Trophy: A Flintoff (captain, Lancashire), J Anderson (Lancashire), I Bell (Warwickshire), R Clarke (Surrey), P Collingwood (Durham), J Dalrymple (Middlesex), S Harmison (Durham), E Joyce (Middlesex), S Mahmood (Lancashire), J Lewis (Gloucestershire), K Pietersen (Hampshire), C Read (Nottinghamshire), A Strauss (Middlesex), M Yardy (Sussex). Also announced: ECB National Academy squad, which will be based in Western Australia for a five-week period during the Ashes Test series: Ravi Bopara (Essex), Stuart Broad (Leicestershire), Rikki Clarke (Surrey), James Dalrymple (Middlesex), Steven Davies (Worcestershire), Ed Joyce (Middlesex), Robert Key (Kent), Jon Lewis (Gloucestershire), Graham Onions (Durham), Matt Prior (Sussex), Owais Shah (Middlesex), Tom Smith (Lancashire), Chris Tremlett (Hampshire), Michael Yardy (Sussex) |
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