Scotland's Australian-born spinner Glenn Rogers was last night preparing to fly home from Nairobi after being diagnosed with typhoid.

However, he is expected to make a full recovery and was well enough to welcome his team-mates back to their hotel after the victory over Canada.

He fell ill during a warm-up tournament in Mombasa last week, and officials and medics initially thought the 29-year-old was suffering from an outbreak of food poisoning which hit several members of the squad.

But Rogers' symptoms persisted and after undergoing tests in a Nairobi hospital, the player was told he is suffering from the potentially killer disease. Rogers, who has a Scottish wife and two-month-old son, was not detained in hospital after the diagnosis.

Team coach Peter Drinnen said: "Typhoid fever is obviously a serious condition but Glenn and everyone in the tour party is relieved that we now have a diagnosis. He first took ill in Mombasa but when his condition deteriorated in Nairobi we realised there was something more serious wrong with him.

"He has been put on the appropriate antibiotics and is recovering in his hotel room."

Rogers will take no part in the World Cricket League which runs until next week and his participation in next month's World Cup in the West Indies is in doubt.

Drinnen added: "We haven't ruled out the possibility of Glenn being fit in time for the World Cup but clearly cricket is secondary at the moment."