Ryan Sidebottom bowls during a practice session at The Brabourne Cricket Stadium in Mumbai. Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Ryan Sidebottom is unlikely to be recalled to the England side for the second match of their one-day series against India on Monday. The 30-year-old seamer missed Friday’s humiliating 158-run defeat in the opening encounter of the seven-match series with an Achilles problem, which England coach Peter Moores has revealed is unlikely to have recovered sufficiently in time for Monday’s game.

“If it is a risk we won’t do it, but I just feel it’s a little bit early,” said Moores. “I have got to be advised by the medical team and he has certainly bowled very well in the nets with great control.

“Everyone who has seen Ryan bowl knows his great strength is moving the ball both ways and that’s something we would like to have in the side,” said Moores. “He bowled on the match day and came through that fine. If we’re looking to risk him in the second game we’ll see how he is tomorrow.”

Sidebottom’s last one-day international was against New Zealand at Lord’s last June. He missed most of the Test series and all of the one-day series against South Africa with side injuries before returning to the fold for the Stanford series, but his achilles injury once again flared-up while in Antigua.

“We’re a little bit wary because he’s had a long time out of competitive cricket and the last time we brought him back in the Stanford practice game he tweaked something,” Moores said. “We’re trying to get as much competitive bowling into him without playing a game before he plays again.”

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