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December 24, 2009 Edition 1
LONDON: Former England Test allrounder Andrew Flintoff revealed on his blog yesterday that he should be able to return to batting practice in January.
The 32-year-old Lancashire star admitted that he would not be able to bowl after undergoing knee surgery last summer after inspiring England to victory in the Ashes Test at Lord's.
"It will be good just to start playing some form of cricket again after all this time and it will be great to start hitting balls again," said Flintoff, who suffered a setback in his rehabilitation when he had a deep-vein thrombosis in September.
"I'm just really looking forward to starting cricket exercises again, which I hope to start early in the new year.
"As long as I don't have any setbacks, I should be able to start batting against a bowling machine.
"I won't be doing anything daft and I will have to ease into it again. When all you do is go to the gym every day, you can almost forget that you're a cricketer." - AFP
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