Flintoff to lead England in warm-up match

Andrew Flintoff will captain England for the first time in his career when they take on a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI at Dhaka tomorrow.

Flintoff missed the Test series with a groin injury, but flew into Bangladesh with the rest of the one-day players not in the Test squad. Flintoff will take charge in the absence of Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick, who are both having a well-earned rest. Also missing from the team are Richard Johnson and Rikki Clarke, who are still suffering from a viral infection picked up during last week's second Test at Chittagong.

All of the seven newcomers to the tour are set to play, with Andy Strauss making his first senior appearance. The first of three one-day internationals is on Friday November 7 at Dhaka.

Team 1 Andy Strauss, 2 Vikram Solanki, 3 Paul Collingwood, 4 Anthony McGrath, 5 Andrew Flintoff (capt), 6 Ian Blackwell, 7 Chris Read (wkt), 8 Gareth Batty, 9 Ashley Giles, 10 James Kirtley, 11 James Anderson.