England coach Peter Moores said here on Saturday that they have been waiting for the word on Andrew Flintoff's fitness.

"He batted and bowled at the nets today. There is no pain reaction as of now on his ankle. And we have to wait till morning," Moores said.

Moores said the Lancastrian was given a shot to keep the inflammation down. "It is an injection to take the pain away and get that inflammation down. It is the first stage and hope he comes through. We have to wait for the reaction. It is the way of injury management."

"They were very conscious with the injection. It was not to the joints, I am not a medical man, but they said the risk with the injection is minimal and we can go ahead with that. Fred, all of us and the doctors were also clear with that.

Moores, however, said it was very difficult to identify the injury. "It is very difficult to identify what it is. We will look into that, and hopefully we can rein it and make him ready for the future.

“We don’t know whether the pain is going to come back or not. At the moment, ECB medical team is assessing him and he is already wearing a special boot that will help him.

We have to try and make sure that he settled down and that injection will help in that. He batted and bowled today, and now we have to wait for the ECB medical team’s word on whether we can play him tomorrow,” he added.

Moores said the injuries to some of the players have not entirely derailed England’s plans for the Twenty20 World Cup.

“We are at a slightly strong position, and there have been some niggles to two or three people. We have to finalise that squad later this afternoon. We cannot go into the tournament with that sort of injuries as we are playing our first match on 13th and the final is on 24th. But the fine thing for us is that we have Jimmy and Ryan Sidebottom ready. They will be in the frame,” he said.