Siddle gone for five months?

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Peter Siddle does not believe his heavy workload was responsible for the back injury that will sideline him for at least the next five months. Siddle was initially ruled out for the tour of New Zealand in March but his extended lay-off also means he is unlikely to be available for Australia's series against Pakistan in England in July.

He hopes to start bowling again in three months but will almost certainly have no chance to play elite cricket until the start of the next Australian summer, when he will push for an Ashes recall. Of Australia's 2009 Ashes attack, Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brett Lee and Stuart Clark are all on the long-term casualty list but Siddle said his problem was nothing to do with being overworked.

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