Bradford were so far off the pace that Coventry keeper Magnus Hedman had to make just one save in the whole game - and that not until the contest was an hour old - when he kept out a Dean Saunders free-kick.
Embarrassingly for Flintoff, he was bowled by the very occasional medium pace of Garry Park, the former wicket-keeper, who had just captured the scalp of Stuart Law for his maiden first-class wicket.
India made five changes with Ganguly, pace bowlers Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan, wicket-keeper Mahendra Dhoni and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh included in the team.