Errol Alcott
Errol Alcott
category injuries soft tissue
Definitely, all soft tissue injuries are in that category with one-day cricket.
area arise avoid confident happen player problem responding situation starting test
That's always an area of concern. It's one thing starting a player with a problem and then it's always what can happen during a Test match. We don't want that situation to arise if we can avoid it. We'd like more time, of course, but we're confident he is responding to treatment.
happen injury last plays sit three
The last thing you want to happen is that he plays too early, aggravates the injury and then has to sit out for three weeks.
elbow felt game gone joint pain sharp symptoms usual weakness
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.
assess calf concern course genuine landing next progress setup treat
The calf is torn, which is a genuine concern considering it is his setup and landing leg. We'll treat him and assess his progress over the course of the next 24 hours.
certainly cricket everyday feeling hard imitate match pain unless
It's very encouraging because he's not feeling much pain at all in everyday activities, which he did before. But it's very hard to imitate match stresses. You certainly can't do it clinically and even in the nets it's difficult. Unless you can put them into first-class cricket to play a game, it's very hard to know.
confident course joint responding time today treatment unhappy
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.
although batting consider injury prudent rest ricky
Although Ricky was unhampered by his injury in batting and fielding sessions, we consider it more prudent to rest him.
checked concerned monday morning
I checked him out on Monday morning and he was concerned about his knee.
careful looking series test three weeks
You've got to be careful because if you let them out there and they re-injure it then you are looking at two or three weeks longer, and I don't want to do that with a Test series (approaching).