Injured Pattinson hoping to be back for tri-series

Sydney: Despite being ruled out of the last two Tests against India due to a foot injury, Australia`s new pace sensation James Pattinson is hoping to return to the team for the triangular one-day series also involving Sri Lanka.

Pattinson picked up the injury during the second Test at the SCG, where the hosts won by an innings and 68 runs. "It`s not as bad as first thought," Pattinson said of the injury. "I`ll probably miss two Test matches and then I`ll probably look to play the one-dayers; so it`s not all bad," he was quoted as saying by `Fox Sports`. Pattinson said he knew something wasn`t quite right during India`s second innings because he`d experienced similar pain in the foot before. "I reported a bit of pain to (physiotherapist) Alex (Kountouris) during the second innings and it was just sort of getting worse and worse. "I`ve had a stress fracture in my foot before and I know the feeling, so I just reported that and said it felt similar. "So he just got me to get a scan and it showed there was a hot spot." PTI