Lee doubtful for third Test

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Lee, 32, has missed the first two Tests of the npower series, which the Australians trail 1-0, and has yet to bowl a ball since being diagnosed with his side injury.

The Australians will make a judgment on whether they can thrust him into the tour match against Northamptonshire, starting on Friday, in the next 48 hours with coach Tim Neilsen, saying: "We will see how we go. We are progressing him."

He added: "The positive thing is that in a tour game we do have the flexibility on how much we can bowl him or how much we don't bowl him.

"He hasn't bowled yet, so we just have to sit with the medical staff over the next few days and chat: about how much we need to get into him and whether it is going to progress him to the stage where he could play in the third Test.

"My feeling is, if it is not going to mean he is available to play in the third Test match, we are going to have to be really careful about rushing him back."

Lee has not played for Australia at the pinnacle form of the game since the Boxing Day Test defeat to South Africa over the winter.

He displayed his credentials for a return with six first-innings wickets against England Lions last month but suffered discomfort in his ribs as a by-product.