Antigua (West Indies), Feb. 20 : The third Test between England and West Indies may have ended in a draw, but there is concern in the England camp about all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's hip injury.

Flintoff sank to his knees after England were denied victory by a wicket in a dramatic finale to the Third Test.

The draw felt like a defeat and England's misery was increased by the fact that Flintoff continued to struggle with a hip injury and may miss the rest of the tour.

Potchefstroom (South Africa), Feb. 20: Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin believes that batting prodigy Phillip Hughes will be a huge success on the current tour of South Africa and beyond.

Haddin knows Hughes better than any other Australian player and predicts immediate success for his 20-year-old NSW teammate because of his ability.

"He''s one of those players who comes along every now and again that no matter what age they are, the situation of the game or the quality of the opposition just doesn''t seem to faze them," Haddin said.

Karachi, Feb. 20: As the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that there would not be any shift in the venue of 2011 Cricket World Cup, Cricket authorities in Pakistan have decided to put their long-delayed preparations for the event on fast-forward mode.

"The preparations will move forward on the fast track soon," The News quoted, PCB's Chief Operating Officer (COO), Saleem Altaf, as saying.

Altaf informed that a senior Karachi-based banker, Salman Sarwar Butt has been appointed as the managing director for the 2011 World Cup.

He said that matches scheduled for Rawalpindi may be moved to Multan or Hyderabad, but the final decision regarding the issue will be taken later.

Potchefstroom, Feb. 20 (ANI): Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke is reportedly suffering from a second injury to his back, putting in doubt his chances of playing in the Johannesburg Test next week.

According to The Australian, the team management is said to be extremely worried about the 27-year-old vice-captain injury.

The batsman and nominal successor to Ricky Ponting has suffered from a lower-back injury for his whole career. Now, he has a separate back injury that has the Australian camp holding its breath and hoping, according to coach Tim Nielsen.

Potchefstroom (South Africa), Feb. 20: Former South African captain Kepler Wessels feels that Australia should consider handing batsman-off-spinner Marcus North his Test debut in place of bowling all-rounder Andrew McDonald in next week''s first Test against South Africa in Johannesburg.

Wessels believes it is vital for the tourists to play six specialist batsmen against the much vaunted South African pace attack led by Dale Steyn, as he expects conditions to favour fast bowlers.

"It would be a crazy call not to go into the Wanderers Test match with six specialist batsmen," Fox Sports quoted Wessels as telling AAP on Wednesday.

Lahore, Feb. 20 : Premier Pakistan middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf is still non-committal to leave the Indian Cricket League (ICL) to get himself picked for the national team as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt had asked for.

"I have not thought about leaving the ICL till now although the board chairman felt this would be the easiest way for me to make a comeback to the Pakistan team," The Nation quoted Yousuf, as saying.