If I come back before then and manage to play in the home Test series against India — then fine, so be it. Surgery was always the last option and we wanted to exercise every possible strategy before we went down that route. It is not always a fix and in four weeks we will find out how things have gone. The fast-bowler's primary aims are to play at the World Cup and the Ashes later this summerThe intention might be to solve one thing, but it can mess up others. I tried to avoid the operation but against Kent in the County Championship a fortnight ago, my elbow wasn’t great — even in the first innings.

Source: Daily Mail May 26, 2021 21:30 UTC