Although Ricky was unhampered by his injury in batting and fielding sessions, we consider it more prudent to rest him. |
At the moment it's very encouraging, he's not feeling very much (pain) at all in his everyday activities which he did before. |
Brett was seen by doctors and they are happy with the progress of treatment so far. The problem areas around his left knee appear to have improved. |
Definitely, all soft tissue injuries are in that category with one-day cricket. |
During the two-day game at Northampton, in the 11th over of the game, he bowled a bouncer and felt some sharp pain in his right elbow and got the usual joint symptoms of weakness and dysfunction with it, and it's gone on from there. |
From the x-rays, there doesn't seem to be any major (fracture) but we are waiting for a full report on that. Every ankle injury is different but I think we are faced with a (serious) tear of the lateral ligament and there is associated bone bruising. |
He has been put on an intravenous drip giving him antibiotics. He is comfortable and will be kept in overnight. The doctors are confident he is going to respond but he won't travel to Manchester with the team tomorrow. |
He is responding well to treatment however he will be out of tomorrow's Twenty20 match. |
He will continue to receive treatment and will be monitored over the next couple of days and a decision regarding his availability for Sunday will be made in due course. |
He will undergo intensive treatment and will be reassessed late next week. |
I checked him out on Monday morning and he was concerned about his knee. |
I think he's struggling for this weekend, that's for sure. |
It hasn't healed yet, but it's functional. |
It is a painful condition which is central to all movement so it affects his batting, bowling and running - pretty much everything. |
It's nothing we're too unhappy about. Basically, the joint is irritated. We'd like more time of course but we're confident he's responding to treatment. He'll have more treatment today and we'll reassess him. |