James Anderson is set to join England's tour of India in Rajkot before the first Test.
Press Association Sport understands Anderson satisfied England's medical staff, in a series of fitness tests in the past week in Loughborough, that he's sufficiently recovered from the stress fracture of the shoulder blade in his bowling arm.
However, England's leading wicket-taker will not be ready in time to join his fellow frontline seamer Stuart Broad in the latter's 100th Test, which is due to start on Wednesday.
It's more likely Anderson will have to wait until at least the third Test of five, in Mohali at the end of November, before he's fit enough to take part.
The 34-year-old's arrival - probably on Tuesday - will nonetheless be a morale boost for Alastair Cook's tourists, who face a tough examination of their skill and resolution following defeat to Bangladesh in Dhaka last weekend in a drawn Test series.
