da aviator aposta： Ashley Giles may be forced to miss England’s one-day campaign in Pakistan to undergo treatment on a long-standing hip injury
Cricinfo staff18-Nov-2005
Ashley Giles is due to have a hip operation © Getty Images
Ashley Giles may be forced to miss England’s one-day campaign in Pakistanto undergo treatment on a long-standing hip injury.The same problem caused Giles to miss the Test series against Bangladeshlast summer but according to his coach, Duncan Fletcher, he was notconsidered a doubt for either of the remaining two Tests of the series.”It’s a slight problem,” said Fletcher. “We’re going to monitor him forthe next two Tests, and there is a chance we’ll want to send him backearly. He felt it in the summer and it is the same thing that hasprogressed.”He is not a doubt for this match, but we will look at the one-dayers, andahead to the Tests in India, and take action depending on how bad it is.”England took similar action last winter, when it was decided that the spurin Andrew Flintoff’s ankle needed to be removed immediately after thefinal Test in Centurion. He missed the seven-match one-day series thatfollowed, and as a result was fully fit for the Ashes series that began inJuly.With a tough tour of India beginning in March, England will want to givetheir No. 1 spinner plenty time to recuperate if the injury proves to bemore serious than it is currently believed to be.