Australia paceman Peter Siddle has refused to blame a heavy workload for the back injury which will keep him sidelined for around five months.
The 25-year-old is likely to be out of action until the start of the next domestic season Down Under, but is confident of making a return to full fitness.
He commented: "It's definitely not the workload.
"For me personally I hadn't played much cricket coming into the last two years, so for me it was more cricket than I'd ever played before, but the schedule is no different than it has been over the last five or six years.
"I hadn't played a lot of cricket for Victoria and I got the call-up and it's been busy, but in that time I have had a lot of rest.
"I came back from South Africa and missed the one-dayers there and missed the one-dayers in Dubai to rest up.
"I came back from India early as well to rest up in that time, so I've had plenty of time to rest up and if it's going to happen it's going to happen."