England pacer Reece Topley has been dominated out of the T20 World Cup with an ankle harm, dealing a significant setback to the crew’s marketing campaign beginning Saturday.
The 28-year-old left-handed batsman sprained his left ankle throughout fielding follow in Brisbane on Monday forward of England’s last warm-up match in opposition to Pakistan.
It has been revealed from the Twitter deal with of England Cricket that he’ll not take part in the principle event.
Post-injury scans are understood to have revealed substantial injury.
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England, who play Afghanistan of their opening match right here on Saturday, have two quick bowlers – left-arm Tymal Mills and right-arm pacer Richard Gleason.
Mills, who has not performed since August attributable to a toe harm, is more likely to be promoted to the total squad as Topeley’s substitute.
Tapley is England’s main wicket-taker in T20 Internationals in 2022, taking 17 wickets in 16 matches at a mean of 28. He turned an integral a part of England’s T20 bowling assault each with the brand new ball and on the dying.
He has suffered 4 stress fractures in 5 years, most lately in 2018, which led him to contemplate retirement.
In the T20 World Cup within the United Arab Emirates final yr, Mills performed 4 matches, selecting up seven wickets, earlier than his event was referred to as off with a thigh harm. PTI PDS PDS AH
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
