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Hoggard hopeful of return

Matthew Hoggard expects to report for England duty in rude health after bowling 10 overs "pain free" in Yorkshire's one-run Friends Provident Trophy win over Northamptonshire.

After Yorkshire had scraped an unlikely Duckworth-Lewis victory - despite hundreds from visiting openers Usman Afzaal (132) and Stephen Peters (107) - Hoggard professed himself satisfied with his work-out, just two days before the start of the fourth Test.

"I'm quite happy with the way it went," said the 30-year-old, picked in a 12-man squad to make his 64th Test appearance against West Indies at Chester-le-Street this week. "It was a good work-out and nice to get three spells, stopping and starting and making sure I could carry on."

He added: "That was as much of a test as anything. If you can get through 10 overs with three spells it means that it's fine.

"I can't feel it now, and if I wake up tomorrow and it's still pain free then there has been no reaction."

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