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...and what of Michael Vaughan’s inclusion when there are still obvious doubts over his fitness...

For all his undoubted tactical brilliance, Vaughan's injury concerns are so acute that there is no guarantee that he will make it off the treatment table for long enough to have an impact on the tournament - although that, it seems, need not undermine the team's preparations.

"My personal wish is that Michael Vaughan gets off the plane at St Vincent to lead England," said Graveney, a statement that hardly smacked of certainty. "It's dangerous for a layman to try and quantify injuries, but we have a capable medical staff and we will give the injured players the maximum amount of time to recover."

This still smacks of England’s lack of confidence in Flintoff’s capabilities as a captain as well as being a pivitol match-winning player...and with Strauss’s loss of form with the bat keeping him out of the reckoning what other ‘captaincy’ options do they have?