Andrew Strauss has said the England management team will "look at" the team's use of football as a practice method after Joe Denly suffered an injury in a warm-up game today.

The 23-year-old Kent batsman had to be carried off The Oval pitch this morning after a tackle from Owais Shah which left him on crutches with an injured knee. He is now expected to miss the first one-day international against Australia tomorrow.

The incident is sure to raise questions over whether a contact sport such as football should form part of the team's pre-match preparations, particularly after Matt Prior suffered a back spasm playing football ahead of the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley.

Strauss admits there needs to be a review of the team's warm-up methods. "The reason we play football is that it's something the guys enjoy and it gets the blood flowing," the England captain said. "We feel, or certainly had felt, if it's played sensibly the chance of getting injured is very slight. Unfortunately it has happened today and if people are going to get injured playing it, we've got to look at it.

"Up to this stage we have never had anyone missing cricket through playing it. You'd like to think players would be sensible enough in the warm-up not to take it too far. When we do play football we have a 'no tackling' rule. Any injury is not ideal, you want a full squad to choose from."