Flintoff Fitness Notaconcern ; England Play Down Freddie Fears Amid Ponting Taunts

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ENGLAND are confident Andrew Flintoff will be fit for the fourth Ashes Test in Leeds despite taunts from Australia captain Ricky Ponting that his fitness is "going downhill pretty quickly".

With just three days between yesterday's drawn contest at Edgbaston and the penultimate match of the campaign at Headingley, the 31-year-old will spend the intervening hours resting and icing his injured right knee.

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Flintoff Fitness Notaconcern ; England Play Down Freddie Fears Amid Ponting Taunts

Lancashire all-rounder Flintoff was England's matchwinner with the ball at Lord's, a result which put the hosts 1-0 up, and en...

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