Broad pessimistic about fitness

Stuart Broad has been told he does not need surgery on his shoulder, but the seamer concedes there is next to no chance of him playing again for England this year.

Broad tore a muscle in his right shoulder 11 days ago during England's one-day international against India at Lord's.

"The shoulder is still quite sore. It's a two-month injury so I'm concentrating on making sure I am in the best possible shape for the games against Pakistan in January," Broad said.

The injury ruled him out of the final ODI against the tourists at the Swalec Stadium, this weekend's two Twenty20 internationals against the West Indies, and the five ODIs in India next month.

It had been hoped the 25-year-old, who replaced Paul Collingwood as Twenty20 captain in May, would be fit to face Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team in Kolkata in the tour's only Twenty20 game on October 29.

However, Broad conceded that was all but impossible.

The Nottinghamshire seamer has been told he does not need surgery on the injury, but is still sure he will miss out on leading England in India.

Broad said: "It's not 100% confirmed I'll not play in India but I'll only play if the rehab goes fantastically well. It's good news that I don't need surgery. There is always an extra risk with surgery so that would be a worry.

"It is a two-month recovery time though so I need to get that right and make sure it is completely over and I don't have any side effects with it."

Should Broad miss the Twenty20 game in India, Graeme Swann will continue to fill in as skipper as Eoin Morgan has been ruled out until the new year, also with a shoulder injury.