KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell says he is ready to continue his international cricket career after a hamstring injury forced him out of action for nearly six weeks.
Cottrell, who has been chosen in the regional side’s test squad for next month’s tour of South Africa, was injured while playing for West Indies A in Sri Lanka last month.
“I’m 100 per cent fit right now. No pain, nothing at all. It’s just for me to continue to play a lot of cricket,” said Cottrell.
“I was in Sri Lanka when I got a slight groin strain and had to leave the tour early to get treatment. But in that five weeks I have been working out with Jamaica fitness trainer David Bernard Snr, where we did a lot of strength work and sprinting”.
West Indies selectors have asked the 25 year old pacer to play for Jamaica Franchise against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the four-day fixture starting Friday, to prove hit fitness.
Cottrell played in the Jamaica Premier League Twenty20 on Sunday claiming two for 21 from four overs to help Ocho Rios Charges secure an eight-wicket win over Kingston Hurricanes.
“Coming back, I did not go all out in the game,” Cottrell said.
