He will be monitored on a constant basis and should he show sufficient improvement and be able to bowl symptom-free, a decision on when he will join the tour will be taken at that time.

If he plays and aggravates the injury, he can possibly miss the rest of the series because the matches are just a few days apart. The plan is to get him fit for the final...

A scan revealed he sustained an injury to one of the medial tendons of his left hamstring behind the knee.

I don’t see any reason why he can’t bat, but I don’t think he’ll be able to bowl.

It revealed that he sustained an injury to one of the medial tendons of his left hamstring behind the knee.

Shaun has a chronic, deep tendonitis injury caused by over-use and is taking a little bit longer to respond to treatment which is not uncommon with these types of injuries.

(In Australia) we didn’t have the luxury of gradually bringing Jacques back into the action. He came straight back and the workload (was high). He hurt the elbow again. We want to avoid that this...

If we can keep him pain-free for a long time, he can overcome it.

He will bat in the nets tomorrow, and then we will have a better idea of his fitness to play in the first Test.

We’ll treat the finger some more, and then we’ll take a final decision tomorrow (Friday).

It was decided he needed three to four weeks to stop it becoming a full-blown fracture.