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Injured Flintoff may miss rest of tour

By Geoffrey Dean in Moratuwa

12 February 1998


ANDREW FLINTOFF has been ruled out of the final Test of England A's tour of Sri Lanka, which starts tomorrow.

The Lancashire batsman has been suffering from a bad back for the past week and, although X-rays showed that he has a curved spine, no injury has been diagnosed.

The Management have decided not to risk him, although they hope he will be fit for the three-match one-day series starting next Wednesday. Jonathan Powell came through practice yesterday to report that his septic spinning finger has now healed. He will definitely play tomorrow.


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