BLUES INJURY UPDATE

Kevin Phillips returns to the Blues squad for Saturday's Barclays Premier League game against Everton.

The striker has recovered from the hamstring problem which kept him out of Tuesday night's win against Portsmouth.

Another player available for the Toffees visit is midfielder Lee Bowyer, who missed the trip to the south coast because of illness.

Regarding Stuart Parnaby, Blues are still unsure how serious the ankle injury is that he sustained at Fratton Park and Gregory Vignal is still recovering from a calf injury.

"Gregory Vignal and Kevin Phillips trained today," said boss Alex McLeish.

"Kevin had a wee niggle on his hamstring which occurred when he came on at the weekend.

"He was not quite ready ...