We really don't know at this stage how serious the injury is, but I doubt he will be available for the tour of Sri Lanka next month.
We have no problems if Australia or New Zealand or both combined want to bid for the tournament. We are confident about our bid given the huge commercial market for the sport in this region and the overwhelming interest it evokes among the people.
Obviously he is very upset and disappointed but I have told him we will continue to support him and there is still quite a bit of cricket left in him.
We will have to look into this and learn something from this experience with regards to our scheduling for future series. The accommodation just isn't adequate enough in these places.
We had basically asked the BRG to review his action in three months time instead of keeping him out of the game, which is his livelihood, for a year.
The selectors feel that these are the best possible players available for the coming series and most of them have performed well in the recent series against England.
And from what I understand, the BRG didn't accept our appeal on technical grounds, that it does not have discretionary powers to lift or reduce the ban under present rules.
We are confident we can get the ban lifted or reduced on the basis of the improvement we have seen in his action now.
The initial medical report is that he has a stress fracture in his ankle that requires a rest period of at least six weeks but it could be longer.
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