Worcestershire batsman Tom Fell back in training after testicular cancer

The 22-year-old, who led the Pears with 1,084 LV= County Championship runs at 41.69 last season, went under the knife last month and has resumed training at New Road.

He will head out to Australia on December 7 for a three-month stint playing grade cricket in Perth.

Fell decided not to undergo chemotherapy after being told he has a 65 per cent chance of remaining all clear and will have regular check-ups.

He is keen to promote awareness in the disease and said: "I was quite lucky. I was fairly stupid in the fact I didn't get it checked straight away. When they did analyse the tumour, it was fairly big at the stage they operated.

"I think if I had left it any longer and had gone to Australia to play cricket this winter without being checked, who knows how bad it could have been.

"Because I felt no different, that is why I didn't bother to get it checked sooner than I did.

"The thing I want to get out there to people is, even if they don't really have any concerns, it is worth getting it checked.

"It is such an easy thing to do, it takes 10 minutes with the doctor. I think partly the reason people don't get it checked is because it is quite a sensitive area and people may feel embarrassed and don't want to go through it.

"But it is such an easy thing to get checked and can make all the difference. That is something I am very keen to promote."

Fell was given the news that it had not spread earlier this month and he is keen to get back on the cricket field.

He added: "I got the results on November 1, having had the scan a week before and blood tests to basically see if it had spread anywhere. I saw the specialist again that day and they broke the good news that it hadn't spread.

"I've got back into training which has been a bit of a shock to the system this week but it's great to be back. You do get a bit bored lying around at home for so long.

"I'm happy to be back again and kind of doing something.

"Back playing cricket is the best thing about it. The first thing I asked when they said it was all clear was whether I could get these checks done in Australia and the good news is I've been in touch with people in Perth who will be able to put me in touch with oncologists out there.

"That was the best news about it all, I can go away, and I'm hoping to fly out the beginning of December and be there until the end of February.

"A month ago, I didn't know what was going to happen. To know I'm able to get on with my life again and get out to Australia as originally planned is a really good feeling."