Matthew Hoggard (thigh) was sidelined again and is set to sit out the second Test starting on Friday at Headingley.
Flintoff, who has a muscle strain in his right hip, hopes to return for the fifth Test in the Caribbean, which starts on Friday, 6 March, and the Twenty20 match and five one-day internationals that run from 20 March to 3 April.
Indeed, if Clarke doesn't recover from his injury, Watson could captain the side in the final Test at Delhi on Friday.
But now Klien will be able to test on the Friday of San Marino, Spain and Monaco before possibly resuming racing.
Andrew Strauss's team wrapped up the final Ashes Test in Sydney on Friday by an innings and 83 runs to cap off a crushing series triumph with the only blemish coming in the third Test in Perth.
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The second Test of the two-match series starts on Friday 28 November in Adelaide before Australia host South Africa and New Zealand entertain West Indies.
Australia spent the day preparing in the nets to face their hosts - currently fifth in County Championship Division Two - in a three-day match starting on Friday, with the third Test following on 30 July.
The sentence of a man who impersonated his brother to sit the driving theory test was reduced by the Court of Appeal on Friday.
England now have five days in which to prepare themselves for the second Test, which begins on Friday in Antigua.
Croft, who played 21 Tests for England between 1996 and 2001, says Owais Shah and Graeme Swann should come in for the second Test starting in Antigua on Friday.
When the dust settles, it will be South Africa, who were made to follow on 346 behind in the closing stages of day three, who will take any psychological advantages into the second Test, starting at Headingley on Friday.
They will now reconvene in Mohali on Friday for the second Test of Ganguly's farewell tour.
They play Victoria in a tour match on Friday before the third Test, which starts in Perth on 16 December.
South Africa will hope to bounce back in the second Test, which gets under way on Friday in Durban, but Johnson warned Australia will again be on their mettle.
Meanwhile, all-rounder Albie Morkel, brother of Morne, will replace injured fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe in South Africa's 12-man squad for the second Test, which starts in Durban on Friday.
The Spanish double world champion, whose presence at the test drew a huge crowd and led to traffic jams on the way to the track, improved to a 1:20.966 on his next run and then 1:20.493 - just 0.1secs off the fastest time of the test so far, set by Schumacher on Friday.
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India next play England A at Chelmsford in a three-day game starting on Friday, their final warm-up for the first Test at Lord's on 19 July.
It was a good tactic by Bangladesh, but there was nothing in this pitch for Swann and I'm sure he will come back well in the second Test at Old Trafford, which starts on Friday.
Arthur is anticipating the likely Test side will be fielded in the three-day game with Middlesex starting at Uxbridge on Friday.
With Australia's side on Friday featuring seven players thought to be certainties to take on England in the Test matches, it was another very dispiriting display from the hosts.
It said the first set of 2, 501 test results - released on Friday - had shown that no new products had been identified as containing more than 1% horsemeat.
Meanwhile, it is looking increasingly unlikely that Flintoff will be available for the final Test, which starts on 6 March, and an announcement is expected on Friday.
At Public School 169 in Queens, third-graders performed "Test Me Maybe" to the tune of "Call Me Maybe" for Walcott on Friday.
Watson is set to play for Australia against Northants in a three-day tour match, starting on Friday, as the tourists assess their selection options for the third Test at Edgbaston.
"An update on test results from throughout the food industry will be published by the FSA next Friday, with a further update to be published on Friday 1 March, " he said.
Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello took the Williams over from novice team-mate Pastor Maldonado, whose test ended early with a crash on Friday.
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He had been due to arrive in New Zealand later on Friday with England's other specialist Test players to begin preparations for the three-match Test series from 5 March.
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