Hoggard suffered the injury in Yorkshire's Frizzell County Championship Division Two match against Northamptonshire.

Hoggard has undergone an ultrasound scan but the injury is healing and his fitness will be reassessed after England practice on Tuesday.

Hoggard batted during England's indoor practice, but did not bowl.

But Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is "very doubtful" for the Zimbabwe game.

Peter Gregory, the England and Wales Cricket Board's chief medical officer, gave the verdict as Flintoff recovers from bruising and swelling around the nerves within his right shoulder suffered last week.

The injury continues to affect his right bowling arm and hand.

The Surrey batsman Mark Butcher twisted his right ankle during England's practice session, but the injury is not expected to keep him out of the Test.

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