Flintoff could miss Mumbai Test

The Flintoffs: second baby due during Mumbai Test © Getty Images

Andrew Flintoff has raised the prospect that he might miss the third Test in India next March to attend the birth of his second child.

Flintoff's wife Rachel is due to give birth on 20 March, which is during the Mumbai Test. He told the Mail on Sunday: "I'll have to speak to them [the England management] before any announcements or decisions are made."

Andrew Strauss missed the third Test in Pakistan last month when he flew home for the birth of his first child.

"The England management are very supportive in players making individual choices as regards that sort of thing," Strauss told the BBC. "Freddie will probably be making up his mind in the next couple of months or so."