England name Andrew Flintoff and Joe Denly in one day squads

Andrew Flintoff has been named in England’s one-day squads for the series against Australia and the Champions Trophy.

Flintoff’s fitness will remain a key issue even after the Ashes series ends this week after the selectors decided to pick him despite ongoing problems with his knee.

It was confirmed Kevin Pietersen will not be fit in time for the rest of the season following a relapse in his recovery from Achilles surgery and will also miss October’s Champions trophy in South Africa.

Joe Denly, the Kent opener, is the only uncapped player to be named by the selectors who have also chosen Jonathan Trott, who will make his Test debut at the Oval this week, in the Twenty20 squad.

Andrew Strauss will captain England in the seven match 50-over series against Australia but Paul Collingwood will again lead the team in two Twenty20 internationals against Australia at Old Trafford over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Geoff Miller, the national Selector, said: “We have kept faith with the bulk of the squad which was successful in the NatWest Series against West Indies earlier this summer and also included two players, Luke Wright and Adil Rashid, who were part of our squad for the ICC World T20.

“Joe Denly has impressed the selectors for a while with some excellent performances in one-day cricket and with Kevin Pietersen unavailable through injury, this is an excellent opportunity for Joe to step up to the next level and show what he is capable of.

“Andrew Strauss has led the side extremely well in both forms of cricket this summer, but the selectors felt it would be beneficial for him to have a short break from international cricket following the conclusion of the npower Ashes Test series and Paul Collingwood will lead the side in Ireland and in The NatWest International Twenty20s."

England squads:

England One Day squad for The NatWest Series against Australia and the ICC Champions Trophy:
AJ Strauss (captain, Middlesex), JM Anderson (Lancashire), RS Bopara (Essex), TT Bresnan (Yorkshire), SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire), PD Collingwood (Durham), JL Denly (Kent), A Flintoff (Lancashire), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), MJ Prior (Sussex), AU Rashid (Yorkshire), OA Shah (Middlesex), RJ Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), LJ Wright (Sussex).

England squad for One-Day International v Ireland in Belfast on Thursday, August 27
PD Collingwood (captain, Durham), JM Anderson (Lancashire), RS Bopara (Essex), TT Bresnan (Yorkshire), SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire), JL Denly (Kent), A Flintoff (Lancashire), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), MJ Prior (Sussex), AU Rashid (Yorkshire), OA Shah (Middlesex), RJ Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), LJ Wright (Sussex).

England squad for The NatWest T20 Internationals v Australia at Old Trafford on Sunday August 30th and Tuesday September 1st.
PD Collingwood (captain, Durham), JM Anderson (Lancashire), RS Bopara (Essex), TT Bresnan (Yorkshire), SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire), JL Denly (Kent), A Flintoff (Lancashire), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), MJ Prior (Sussex), AU Rashid (Yorkshire), OA Shah (Middlesex), RJ Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), IJL Trott (Warwickshire), LJ Wright (Sussex).