England batsman Ian Bell believes that his teammate and captain Alastair Cook will be fit for his side's opening Ashes Test against Australia in Brisbane next month.
Cook sat out a practice game on Tuesday because of a sore back and could miss his team's opening three-day tour match against a Western Australia Chairman's XI in Perth that begins on Thursday.
"I'm sure he'll be fine," BBC Sport quotes Bell as saying. "Obviously a long flight isn't always easy. He'll be right in the next week or so."
The first Test between Australia and England start on November 21.
