Collingwood keen to avoid surgery

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The one-day captain had a third and final cortisone injection in a torn muscle in his right shoulder last Friday night, and successful day-to-day rehabilitation is now the only way to avoid an operation.

"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," said Collingwood. "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."

He added: "There are never any gaps (in international cricket), so how do you have three to six months off?

"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."