A faltering marketing campaign within the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup for England was additional dealt a blow with Reece Topley’s harm as the left-arm pacer was dominated out of the event after sustaining the identical throughout his facet’s sport in opposition to South Africa in Mumbai on Saturday, October 2021. Jofra Archer could not be thought of so England will now fly in Brydon Carse, the right-arm pacer as Topley’s replacement forward of their fifth sport of the event in opposition to Sri Lanka on Thursday, October 26.
England named Carse, who has performed 12 ODIs and three T20Is in worldwide cricket, as Topley’s replacement on Monday, as the pacer will be a part of the group straight in Bengaluru the place they’ll face Sri Lanka in a couple of days’ time.
“England and Surrey seamer Reece Topley has been ruled out of the rest of the ICC Men’s World Cup after fracturing his left index finger during England’s defeat to South Africa on Saturday. Scans in Mumbai on Saturday, after the match at the Wankhede Stadium, revealed the full extent of the injury. Topley will return to the UK in the next 24 hours,” the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) stated in a press release on Sunday.
England are in determined want of some inspiration to revitalise their marketing campaign, which is hanging by a slim thread as the defending champions have already misplaced three out of 4 matches up to now. Their solely win got here in opposition to Bangladesh and to have an opportunity of qualifying they should win all their remaining video games.
Their NRR has been severely affected by huge losses to New Zealand and South Africa and might want to make sure that if there’s an opportunity, they get the win early and large to enhance their internet run charge. After Sri Lanka, Englamnd face the in-form Indian group, which has been trying in elegant contact with 5 wins.
