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Colly facing surgery fears
England's one-day captain Paul Collingwood has admitted that he may need surgery on his nagging shoulder injury.
The 31-year-old has had a third cortisone injection in his right shoulder ahead of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's and Collingwood is aware that another jab is not an option.
He told reporters: "I guess it's the stress you put the shoulder under and we have played a fair bit of cricket since the time I did it in Sri Lanka.
"This is the last injection I can have in this particular area, so hopefully I can keep it strong and manage it from now on.
"After the last couple of cortisones I have had, a few days later I have come in to bowl at 100 per cent. So I have got no worries about doing that on Thursday as well.
"The last resort is to go down the route of saying it is too sore to carry on. There are never any gaps, so how do you have three to six months off?
"I know this cortisone will work for the next two months at least and hopefully I can manage it, keep it strong and limit it to as little pain as possible.
"Until the day comes when I think it is affecting me on the field and affecting my performance, I am not going to worry about it.
"Surgery is the last thing I want, because you miss so much cricket and you never know how you're going to respond to it."
