The operation to remove a piece of glass embedded in his right middle finger coincided with a rest period designed to let his elbow injury settle following a second cortisone injection.
Sportsmail understands that taking a knee does not have unanimous support among the 18 first-class counties, with other options including an anti-racism shirt logo.
Contrary to his own personal predicament, Jack Brooks suggests Somerset's mantra in pursuit of an elusive first County Championship title should be 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
JAMES ANDERSON: It seemed written in the stars. Over the past decade and more, our careers have become so intertwined that Stuart's 500th Test victim just had to be Kraigg Brathwaite.
The group, led by new head scout James Taylor, compile the individual player reports that are used in the process of picking England and England Lions teams. It includes Alec Stewart.
Prior to suffering what is said to be a minor set-back in training at the start of this month, the 38-year-old was due to sit out the first two rounds of Championship fixtures but feature in the third
Even cricket novices would have recognised that Glenn Maxwell was out.
Ollie Pope had a winter to forget, but an innings of 131 as Surrey crushed Hampshire at the Oval on Friday added to the suspicion that this may be his summer.
Jesse Winker hit an RBI single and Eugenio Suarez delivered a three-run double in the 10th inning Wednesday to give the visiting Cincinnati Reds a 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. At 1-1 in the t
Michael Vaughan has warned against making The Hundred tournament too gimmicky after a controversial name change from wickets to outs.
Will Pucovski and Cameron Green share two characteristics that hold Australia in good stead: their temperament.
Kieron Pollard hit an unbeaten 87 off 34 balls to power Mumbai Indians to a thrilling four-wicket Indian Premier League win over old rivals Chennai Super Kings on Saturday.