“Fingers crossed, if my knee holds up over the next few weeks I will be available for the one-day series”

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England pace bowler Chris Woakes has revealed that he is looking to make his international comeback during the ODI series against Australia, which starts on September 3.

Woakes has been out of action ever since he sustained a foot injury during the World Cup earlier this year. After recovering from that, Woakes suffered another setback as a knee injury kept him sidelined until July.

There was speculation that Woakes would play in the fourth Ashes Test in Nottingham after pace spearhead James Anderson was ruled out with a side strain, but it was not to be as Woakes had not fully recovered from his knee injury.

“The Ashes was always a target for me but Trent Bridge probably came a fraction early,” he told Sky Sports. “You need to be fully fit and firing for a Test match and I’d had a couple of injections on the knee that needed three or four days to settle down.

“But England have been in touch. Paul Farbrace is the sort of character who likes to keep people in the loop and he’s been on the phone, along with (national selector) James Whitaker, so the communication has been good.

“In the back of my mind I had hoped to make the fifth Test but it makes complete sense to go in with the same players after what they’ve done.

“Now it’s up to me to put in performances for Warwickshire and keep myself in the frame. Fingers crossed, if my knee holds up over the next few weeks I will be available for the one-day series and I’ll be trying my best to catch the eye.

“The guys are enjoying themselves, playing good attacking cricket and backing each other. I’d love to be a part of it again.”