David Willey avoids serious injury but England wait on T20 availability
Monday 23 January 2017 12:16, UK
David Willey has avoided serious damage to his left shoulder and will join England's Twenty20 squad in Kanpur for further assessment.
The Yorkshire left-arm seamer pulled up injured after bowling two overs of Sunday's third one-day international against India at Eden Gardens, which the tourists won by five runs to avert a series whitewash.
Willey remained in Kolkata as the rest of the squad flew north to begin preparations for the three T20s and England initially feared the 26-year-old, who had his left-arm in a sling, would be ruled out of the series.
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But scans taken locally showed no significant problems and he will fly out to join the group on Tuesday, where team medical staff will assess him again.
England are likely to be cautious in their treatment of Willey but they are hopeful he could still play some part in the final leg of a long and trying winter tour.
