Flintoff rethinks,may skip IPL for Ashes

After a nagging hip injury forced him to return home mid-way from the Test series against the West Indies,England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff hinted he may skip the Indian Premier League to stay fit to take on the Australians in the Ashes series.

Flintoff,who was bagged by Chennai Super Kings for a record 1.55 million,told the Daily Telegraph that It seems at the minute,everybody is going on about the IPL. Its a hot topic. But I want to play for England in this upcoming one-day series. The IPL is still a few weeks away and my goal is to play for England and,after that,the IPL will take care of itself. Its something I want to play in,but my ultimate goal is playing for England, he said.