July 25 : Giles has a problem with his Achilles tendon. "It's permanently inflamed and sore to touch," Giles told The Daily Mail newspaper. "I've had this injury for a long time and I can't say I'm 100 percent fit. I'm playing on with it, but there's not a moment when I can forget it."

Giles played in England's first test defeat at Edgbaston, but not during the second test loss at Lord's. But England need strength in depth after batsman Graeme Thorpe was ruled out for a further three weeks with a broken bone in his right hand and doubts surrounding the fitness of skipper Nasser Hussain.

Giles returned home early from the tour of Sri Lanka because of injury and missed England's test series against Pakistan and the triangular one day series that followed.
Giles admitted he may need surgery.

"I've lost a lot of strength in my leg and it affects me a lot," he said. "It's the kick-through leg in my bowling action and I just don't seem to be pulling through all the time as I should be."
Australia only needs to avoid defeat in Nottingham to retain the Ashes, which England has not won since in 1986-87.