Lynn hopes for BBL return

Queensland batsman Chris Lynn is optimistically targeting a return to action for the KFC Big Bash League, but could yet be ruled out for the entire summer with season-ending shoulder surgery.

Lynn is precariously positioned, hoping to save his summer after dislocating his left shoulder at training on the eve of the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup campaign.

The 26-year-old landed awkwardly in a full-length dive in a fielding drill and has damaged the labrum of his left shoulder but is staying positive and declares he is prepared to play through pain.

He has received encouraging news from his doctor, and is optimistic he will be able to delay or avoid surgery altogether but must wait on a final diagnosis from a shoulder injury specialist.

"I'm really hoping I'll be able to get back, and my goal is to be there for the Big Bash," the 26-year-old Brisbane Heat star said.

"I'd love to even sneak in a Shield game before that, but it is a bit too early to tell at the moment.

"We'll have to wait and see if I can bat properly first and take it from there."

Confronting: Lynn posted this image of his shoulder on Instagram 

Queensland's final Sheffield Shield game before the BBL break is a December 6 meeting with NSW in the coastal Central Queensland centre of Mackay. It would be 10 weeks since Lynn injured the shoulder.

If the specialist diagnosis is for surgery, it would mean an end to his summer and a likely four-month convalenscen on the sidelines, diminishing any chance of featuring in March's World T20 in India. Understandably, Lynn is desperate to avoid that scenario and "give it a crack".

"There's every chance (I'll require surgery)," Lynn said.

"I'm going to miss the rest of the season whenever I get it done.

"I'm better off holding off, I believe, and try and play as much cricket as I can and actually give it a crack."

An exciting and explosive batsman and dynamic fielder, Lynn is refusing to give up on this summer's dream of adding to his two appearances in Australia's T20 side.

"I have a lot of personal goals and feel like we had a really good group this year," Lynn says of the Queensland and Heat squads.

"I personally felt in a good spot (before the injury), I was hitting the ball really well and was ready to step up and take a leadership role. I feel like I have a lot to offer."

Lynn had blazed a double century in a Queensland Premier Cricket one-day game to set himself up for a big summer, and had been in good touch with Australia A's limited-overs squad in Chennai in the winter.

Lynn was then named the myFootDr Queensland Bulls captain for the Matador Cup when regular skipper Usman Khawaja was called up to the Australian Test squad.

Khawaja eventually returned to Queensland when security concerns put paid to the planned two-Test tour of Bangladesh but by then Lynn was already sidelined following an awkward landing at training.

"I was just going for a ground ball," Lynn said. "I give 100 per cent every time I play and I train the same way. Just because its only training doesn't mean you take it easy."

The injury is to the same left shoulder that Lynn had reconstructive surgery on in July 2014. That injury kept him out of last year's Matador Cup and sidelined for nearly five months.

"The good news though is all the area around where they did that surgery was still strong, so there's no problems there," he added.

Lynn was yesterday cheering on Queensland's Under-17 team to the National Championships in Brisbane, and supporting the Heat's female players as they became the first WBBL team to announce a major sponsor in Queensland-based healthcare company Epic Pharmacy.

Lynn will next head to Sydney to link-up with his Bulls teammates in their Matador Cup campaign as he continues his shoulder rehab.