England injury list grows as Olly Stone is sidelined with back injury

Fast bowler Olly Stone has joined James Anderson and Mark Wood in the list of injured England fast bowlers after hurting his lower back during a training session on Tuesday.

A statement from his county, Warwickshire, said it was a recurrence of the injury that had ruled him out of England’s Caribbean tour earlier this year. Stone has been ruled out for at least two weeks, and will undergo a scan on Wednesday afternoon.

“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,” said Warwickshire sport director Paul Farbrace. “At the moment there’s a bit of inflammation, but he will undergo a scan later this afternoon so that we know the full course of treatment that 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 had just broken into the Test squad, with a 3-29 on debut during England’s win against Ireland last month, and, according to coach Trevor Bayliss , was one of the bowlers in contention to take Anderson’s spot in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.

As things stand, England have Jofra Archer and Sam Curran as options from the squad that was named for the first Test. Archer himself was sent away to “give him time to get absolutely ready and fit” as he continued his rehabilitation from a side strain suffered during the World Cup, but there seems to be little doubt after his six-for and century for Sussex 2nd XI that he is now the frontrunner to replace Anderson at Lord’s next week.

Source: ESPN Crickinfo

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