John Crawley faces a scan on his left knee after suffering a suspected cartilage tear which could rule him out for the remainder of the season.

Andrew Flintoff also faces a trip to the specialist for a further examination of his persistent groin injury and could miss the ICC Champions Trophy tournament in September.

Dominic Cork faces a scan on Thursday after injuring his right knee on the opening day of the Trent Bridge Test, although he recovered to bowl 11 overs on the final day.

Craig White has sustained a side strain.

Neither of the two non-contracted players - White and Crawley - are expected to play for their respective counties this week.

Andrew Caddick is expected to continue his recovery from a side strain by making an appearance for Somerset at West End.

Simon Jones is expected to play for Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street for the first time since suffering a similar injury making his debut for England in the first Test against India at Lord's.

"We've played a lot of cricket this summer," said captain Nasser Hussain. "Every game's gone the distance, we've played on some very flat wickets in some of the Test matches and the one-day internationals and bowlers have put in a lot of hard work.

"This is after two or three tours of the sub-continent and it's all just starting to catch up on us a little bit where bowlers have been bowled into the ground. That's the game at the moment and we're going to have to live with it - luckily we're getting a larger pool of players."