Ashes hopeful Olly Stone is about to bear a scan to find out the severity of a hamstring downside.
The England quick bowler, who has had a luckless run with accidents, pulled up late on Saturday throughout an over and shuffled off the sphere in Nottinghamshire’s LV= Insurance coverage County Championship conflict in opposition to Lancashire.
Regardless of being in apparent discomfort, Stone hobbled to the crease at Trent Bridge on Sunday as final man and saved out the final 4 authorized deliveries of the Division One match to assist his facet salvage a draw.
Consideration will now flip to his aggravation and it’s understood he shall be examined extra totally as soon as any irritation within the space has subsided, most definitely throughout the subsequent couple of days.
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Sky Sports activities’ Michael Atherton takes a better take a look at Australia’s Ashes squad and expects England to focus on an out of shape David Warner.
Stone’s potential to generate speeds upwards of 90mph make him a sexy choice for England’s six Assessments between the beginning of June and mid-July – one in opposition to Eire and 5 versus Australia.
England captain Ben Stokes has indicated he needs eight match seamers to name upon, all of whom may be rotated to share the burden, with Stone, Jofra Archer and Mark Wooden offering the specific tempo choices.
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England captain Ben Stokes says that his facet will not change the way in which they play in opposition to Australia within the Ashes.
Stone made his England comeback final winter after recovering from a fourth stress fracture in his again – he had an operation to bolster his decrease backbone with two metallic screws – and a damaged finger.
He performed in 4 ODIs and a T20, was an unused squad member throughout England’s Check tour of New Zealand in February and, on the eve of the county season, spoke of his willpower to place his harm woes behind him.
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Former England bowler, Ashley Giles and managing director of the England facet, Rob Key have differing opinions on whether or not Australia’s Steve Smith must be allowed to play county cricket in England forward of this summer time’s Ashes.
“It has been encouraging with how a lot cricket I’ve had beneath my belt this winter and are available by means of it,” mentioned Stone, who performed the final of his three Assessments in June 2021.
“I am feeling match and robust and simply raring to get caught in now. I’ve checked out issues up to now, accidents bought in the way in which and I have been fairly disenchanted so I attempt to not look too far forward.
“However everybody is aware of how huge a summer time it’s and I might be mendacity if I mentioned it wasn’t on the radar.”
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Australia’s Steve Smith doesn’t anticipate England to alter the way in which they play as they head into the Ashes sequence this summer time.
When is the Ashes?
Stokes will lead England for the primary time in an Ashes sequence, with the hosts trying to regain the urn for the primary time since 2015, and – after a four-day Check in opposition to Eire – it’ll all start at Edgbaston on June 16.
The sequence will then transfer onto Lord’s (June 28-July 2) and Headingley (July 6-10), the scene of Stokes’ 2019 heroics, earlier than ending at Emirates Previous Trafford (July 19-23) and The Kia Oval (July 27-31).
Watch each match from the lads’s and girls’s Ashes reside on Sky Sports activities. It’s also possible to comply with movies and over-by-over textual content commentary throughout Sky Sports activities’ digital platforms. Dwell protection of the primary Check is reside from June 16-20 on Sky Sports activities Cricket.