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England’s pace options limited as injured Stone to miss second Ashes Test


Olly Stone will miss the second Ashes Test after being ruled out for at least a fortnight with a back injury. The England pace bowler, who was injured in training on Tuesday, joins fellow pacemen Jimmy Anderson and Mark Wood in being unavailable for next Wednesday’s Lord’s Test.

Paul Farbrace, Warwickshire’s sport director, told the county’s website: “It’s really disappointing for Olly that he’s been ruled out of action for such an important two weeks of cricket because of a reoccurrence of his back injury.

“At the moment there’s a bit of inflammation but he will undergo a scan so that we know the full course of treatment he can undertake with the club’s medical team and with the support of the ECB.

“In the meantime he needs to rest up before he can get his body strong again and ready to deal with the demands of being a fast bowler.”

Stone made his Test debut against Ireland last month and was in the squad for the first Test at his home ground Edgbaston but did not play in the heavy defeat by Australia. The 25-year-old would have been back in contention at Lord’s, with Anderson ruled out until at least the fourth Test.

The third Ashes Test at Headingley begins on 22 August, making Stone’s availability highly unlikely.

Jofra Archer, another fast bowler with fitness problems, took six wickets and hit a century for Sussex’s second XI on Tuesday to press his case for an Ashes spot.



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