Flintoff steps up comeback

All-rounder ready to make four-day return

Last updated: 28th June 2008

Flintoff steps up comeback

Flintoff: winning fitness battle

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Andew Flintoff will resume his first-class career on Sunday when Lancashire travel to Sussex for their LV County Championship Division One fixture.

The all-rounder's hopes of an England recall following winter ankle surgery were ruined after he suffered a side strain seven weeks ago.

But he has since made a gradual comeback in the second XI and Twenty20 Cup, including a haul of 4-12 in two overs of Friday evening's no result at Durham.

New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent, brought in as a short-term replacement for Brad Hodge, remains in Lancashire's starting XI with the Australian batsman still away on international duty.

Sussex welcome back leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed returns after he missed their Twenty20 campaign with a knee injury.

England all-rounder Luke Wright is also available despite his involvement in the fifth NatWest Series one-day international against New Zealand at Lord's on Saturday.

But former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Smith will have to wait for his first-class debut after signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the county this week.