 Flintoff moved to Dubai to recover
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Andrew Flintoff expects to resume batting in the new year as he continues his recovery from knee surgery.
The England all-rounder will return to the nets next month, although he does not expect to bowl for some time yet.
The Lancashire player retired from Test cricket in the summer and will now just focus on the shorter form of the game.
"It will be good just to start playing some form of cricket again after all this time and it will be great to start hitting balls again," said Flintoff.
The 32-year-old underwent surgery following the victorious Ashes series.
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I can't see me being given the go-ahead to start bowling for a good few weeks yet
Andrew Flintoff
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He then suffered a setback when he sustained a deep vein thrombosis in his right calf in September and has since been recovering in Dubai.
"I'm just really looking forward to starting cricket exercises again, which I hope to start early in the new year," he wrote on his blog.
"As long as I don't have any setbacks, I should be able to start batting against a bowling machine.
"I won't be doing anything daft and I will have to ease into it again. When all you do is go to the gym every day, you can almost forget that you're a cricketer."
However, Flintoff is realistic about his prospects for returning to bowling, saying: "While it's good to be able to pick up a bat again, I'm still some way away from bowling again just yet.
"I've been given a programme by the surgeon, Andy Williams, and I will be sticking to that. I can't see me being given the go-ahead to start bowling for a good few weeks yet."
Flintoff is set to return for a check-up in February when he is hoping to get involved with training sessions at Lancashire.
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