Yardy blow for Sussex
11:28pm Friday 16th May 2008
Mike Yardy has joined Sussex's growing injury list.
The county's vice captain will need a painkilling injection to ease the discomfort caused by tennis elbow.
Coach Mark Robinson expects him to play in the Championship match against Nottinghamshire next week, but he will probably miss the three Friends Provident Trophy games in four days at the end of the month.
Coach Mark Robinson said: "It is hindering him a bit. We are going to have to get him injected at some point and we might have to do it in the one-day window because the injection will need time to settle down.
"He has been suffering from tennis elbow all season and it is inhibiting the way he wants to play at different times. It's not nice to play with continued discomfort and Yards really felt it yesterday."
Robinson expects Matt Prior to have fully recovered from the hairline finger fracture he suffered on Wednesday in time for the trip to Trent Bridge while Mushtaq Ahmed is on course to return after three weeks out following knee surgery.
Yardy battled through the pain to score his first Championship half-century of the season at Taunton yesterday but Sussex followed on 354 behind after being dismissed for 203.
Robinson said: "It was disappointing but we played in rain and light that was barely playable. The weather has played a big part. "