Carberry to undergo tests amid illness concern

Hampshire and England batsman Michael Carberry is to undergo tests this week amid concerns over the condition that six years ago caused potentially life-threatening blood clots to form in one of his lungs.

Carberry had felt unwell last week and has been left out of Hampshire's current County Championship match against Warwickshire so that he can see a specialist as promptly as possible, with his county unwilling to take any chances with his health.

"He has had a problem that has not cleared up in the way we had hoped so his going to have some tests done," the Hampshire first-team coach Dale Benkenstein said.

"We are hoping to have him back for the T20 matches later in the week but in view of what has happened to him in the past we do not want to take any risks with him.

"It is a little bit worrying but hopefully the tests will show that everything is fine."

Carberry has to take medication to control the condition, which emerged after he had suffered attacks of breathlessness while fielding and batting. He was diagnosed with two blood clots on a lung in November 2010 and did not play again until July of the following year.