Tremlett has admitted that the back injury is still troubling him. "Every day my injury has felt a bit better. It's niggling a bit. I bowled a couple of times in the week, not at full pace, and it has reacted at times and been a bit sore," Tremlett was quoted as saying by newspapers here.
"The next two days will give me the chance to see how I go in training and I'll be monitored to see if I'm fit enough to go into the game," he added.
Tremlett said he "was desperate to play the last game, but I was pretty honest with where I was. I had a fitness test and I knew realistically I wouldn't have got through the game. The last thing I wanted to do was let my team-mates down by not being 100 per cent fit and playing," he conceded.
"It's the same for this week. Hopefully my back will improve, but I have to make a fair call on whether I'm fit enough to get through a game. I guess we'll find out over the next few days of training."
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