Australian fast bowler Pattinson's recovery from back injury almost complete

Sydney, May 22(ANI): Australian fast bowler James Pattinson has said his recovery from a back injury is almost complete, and added he is close to returning to full training.

Pattinson jarred his back in the second Test against the West Indies in the Caribbean, but says he hopes to be back bowling at 100 per cent by the end of next week.

The young quick heads to Brisbane on Tuesday to begin work at the AIS Centre of Excellence ahead of Australia's one-day Tour of the British Isles beginning in late June

"I'm bowling about three times a week now at about 80 per cent intensity and building that up ... and hopefully (I'll have) three weeks of going 100 per cent in the nets before getting over to England," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Pattinson, as saying.

"I'm looking for a bit of match intensity (at the center of excellence), so hopefully I can get out there in the middle. It'll mostly be white ball practice with the one-dayers coming up," he added. (ANI)