[It's not known if he will need surgery.] With this kind of injury you have to wait, ... We'll have a better idea next week. |
[Jones failed a fitness test on Tuesday and Peter Gregory, the chief medical officer of the ECB, said he would now have to face surgery.] We have tried a number of measures to help Simon's ankle injury to settle, but these have been unsuccessful and we are left with no alternative but to operate, ... There should be sufficient time for Simon to regain fitness and hence become available for selection for the tour to India beginning in late February. |
Ashley hasn't made the progress that we'd want him to make and he's got some concerns that we share. Before we start to push him too hard we thought it sensible to seek a further opinion from the specialist. |
Ashley's injury is responding to treatment and we are pleased with the progress he is making, |
He has a history of cartilage damage, and it would be very likely this is too, |
He has been advised to rest the injury pending a further re-assessment in the UK. |
He is still experiencing pain in his right shin and with the Test series against Sri Lanka due to start in early May, we have decided that the safest course of action is to rest him. |
He's got to be a doubt for the first Test. |
It's got to be a concern when your captain can't play in the match before the first Test, but he has a chance for next week. A jab normally starts to work after 48 hours, but you can't expect the full effect for about two weeks. |
Surgery is an option, but the advice we have received from two leading specialists in the field is that the injury may still settle without recourse to an opera-tion, |
Surgery is an option, but the advice we have received from two leading specialists is that the injury may still settle without recourse to an operation, |
The treatment Simon receives this week will aim to reduce the inflammation in those soft tissues. |
There is no definitive on whether to operate or not, it is not as simple as that, |
There is no definitive on whether to operate or not, it is not as simple as that, it is a pain thing and some people can get through better than others. |
There should be sufficient time for Simon to regain fitness and hence become available for selection for the tour to India beginning in late February. |