Nel injures himself on door frame

Andre Nel will require elbow surgery after injuring himself walking into a door frame. Although the problem was to his non-bowling arm, and didn't prevent him playing in the current Championship match against Leicestershire, he will have an operation in the next two weeks.

The injury occurred last week as Nel was carrying a heavy bag and collided with the door frame. His elbow was scanned and revealed a complete rupture to the lateral collateral ligament, a muscle near the joint.

The length of Nel's lay-off will be determined after the surgery and Chris Adams, the Surrey cricket manager, said it was a blow. "This is obviously very disappointing for the team and for Andre personally but it's an injury that needs to be dealt with quickly otherwise it could have long term ramifications," he said. "Andre has played a huge part in our season so far, on and off the field, so I'm looking forward to having him back at the earliest opportunity."

Nel has taken 21 wickets at 30.61 in the Championship but returned figures of 0 for 113 off 30 overs in the current match against Leicestershire.