KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC)-West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell says he is ready to continue his international cricket career after a hamstring injury forced him out of action for nearly six weeks.

Cottrell, who has been chosen in the regional side’s test squad for next month’s tour of South Africa, was injured while playing for West Indies A in Sri Lanka last month.
“I’m 100 per cent fit right now. No pain, nothing at all. It’s just for me to continue to play a lot of cricket,” said Cottrell.
“I was in Sri Lanka when I got a slight groin strain and had to leave the tour early to get treatment. But in that five weeks I have been working out with Jamaica fitness trainer David Bernard Snr, where we did a lot of strength work and sprinting”.
West Indies selectors have asked the 25 year old pacer to play for Jamaica Franchise against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the four-day fixture starting Friday, to prove hit fitness.
Cottrell played in the Jamaica Premier League Twenty20 on Sunday claiming two for 21 from four overs to help Ocho Rios Charges secure an eight-wicket win over Kingston Hurricanes.
“Coming back, I did not go all out in the game,” Cottrell said.
“I just did enough to get an assessment as to where I am and I think I did well. I feel like whenever I decide to go all out I will be ready.”
Cottrell is one of five fast bowlers in the West Indies 15-member Test squad for South Africa.
The other fast bowlers are Jerome Taylor, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel, and Jason Holder.
“I feel that little period here in my career is my time. After being dropped from the Test team, I did not get disappointed or look at it as a turn down or failure,”said Cottrell, yet to represent the West Indies in one-day internationals.
“Instead, I saw it as an opportunity to work harder, and I believe I have been doing that. The South Africa tour coming up and possibly World Cup early next year, and I am looking forward to playing in all three facets”.