LONDON, (Reuters) – Graham Onions has been called up  to replace Andrew Flintoff in England’s Champions Trophy squad  and added to the squad for the current one-day series against  Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.

All-rounder Flintoff was initially named in the 15-man  Champions Trophy squad but was subsequently ruled out of the  tournament after having surgery on a knee injury.

The Champions Trophy event technical committee has approved  the replacement of Flintoff with Onions for the tournament in  South Africa from Sept. 22 to Oct. 5.

Fast-medium bowler Onions has been in previous England  one-day squads but has not played an international. He made his  England test debut this year against West Indies and featured in  the Ashes series victory over Australia.

He will join the England squad today as the team  prepares for the third one-dayer against Australia in  Southampton tomorrow.

Australia lead the seven-match series 2-0.
Squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan, Graham Onions, Matt Prior, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright