Errol Alcott Quotations

Simon will undergo treatment and we'll review the situation ahead of Sunday's game (against Sri Lanka) in Sydney.

Simon sustained a low-grade groin injury. He'll have a diagnostic scan to find out the extent of his injury. Simon will undergo treatment and we'll review his situation ahead of Sunday's game in Sydney.

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 will undergo intensive treatment and will be reassessed late next week.

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 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.

It is a painful condition which is central to all movement so it affects his batting, bowling and running - pretty much everything.

I think he's struggling for this weekend, that's for sure.

The aim is to get rid of his pain, get rid of the swelling, make it a functional joint and, if he's not feeling anything, he's fine.

We put him in the nets to do some straight-line hitting but he was aware of some discomfort, so I'll keep working on him.

We'd like more time of course but we're confident he's responding to treatment and he'll have more treatment today. We'd like to make a decision today but may wait until tomorrow.

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.

At the moment it's very encouraging, he's not feeling very much (pain) at all in his everyday activities which he did before.

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.

Definitely, all soft tissue injuries are in that category with one-day cricket.

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.

Although Ricky was unhampered by his injury in batting and fielding sessions, we consider it more prudent to rest him.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I checked him out on Monday morning and he was concerned about his knee.

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).