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Phil Long

Hats off to Yuvraj's magic moment

Every so often you have to take off your England sunhat, sit back and enjoy a once-in-lifetime 'I was there" moment.

The thing with anything as extraordinary as England's 19th over in Wednesday's Twenty20 match against India is that is impossible to see that moment approaching and even harder to digest as it is taking place.

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Alison Mitchell

More injury anguish for Fred

It is the announcement we have been expecting: Andrew Flintoff will not travel to Sri Lanka for the one-day series in order to go home and strengthen his troublesome ankle, which is inflamed and causing him discomfort.

Questions about his fitness have dominated the post-match press conferences throughout the World Twenty20 and it has been clear for any observer to see that he has been in pain whilst bowling just 4 overs per match (whenever Collingwood has counted correctly).

_44127350_flintoff203.jpgFlintoff has bowled economically during the tournament but he has not been showing the aggression we are used to seeing from the talismanic all-rounder. England cannot carry a half-fit Flintoff, despite his insatiable desire to play, and for the sake of his long term future he has accepted he needs to go back to the drawing board and work out how he can bowl pain-free.

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