Warne will take care of Flintoff - Hogg

Another former Australia bowler has lined up his target for the Ashes with Rodney Hogg predicting Andrew Flintoff will be "found out technically" by Shane Warne. Earlier this week Terry Alderman dismissed Ashley Giles as negative and Hogg expects Warne to dominate Flintoff like Glenn McGrath controlled Mike Atherton.

"In a perfect world if I was Flintoff I would like Shane to be playing in the one-dayers so I could have clubbed him for a few sixes and at least had some psychological advantage over him," Hogg told AAP. "At the moment it's a nil-all situation - no-one's got any psychological advantage over either - but I just know Shane will be someone who will really hone in on Flintoff and I'm sure there's a weakness there with Flintoff."

Hogg, who ran into England with 41 wickets in 1978-79, said Flintoff had been troubled by spinners who drifted the ball into him and spun it away. "I think he'll be found out technically against Warne whether he faces him 100 times or doesn't face him at all," Hogg said. "Look at how many times Atherton faced McGrath, and it didn't do him much good."

McGrath collected Atherton's wicket on 19 Test occasions, but Flintoff said he was not scared of Warne. "He's obviously a fine bowler, he's got 580-odd Test wickets so he's obviously very good, but there's no trepidation," Flintoff told AAP. "You're going out there and you're playing against the best, that's something you want to do and something you look forward to."