England wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes was on Wednesday (May 26) ruled out of subsequent month’s Test series in opposition to New Zealand resulting from hamstring harm, forcing group administration to name up wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings and opener Haseeb Hameed.
“Foakes, who was selected in the England men’s squad earlier this month, was set to play his first Test in home conditions next month at Lord’s, sustained the [torn left hamstring] injury on Sunday slipping in the dressing room after Surrey’s County Championship fixture against Middlesex at the Kia Oval,” stated an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) assertion.
“He will now be assessed and work closely on his rehabilitation with the Surrey medical team and is expected to be out of action for at least three months,” it stated.
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Billings, who has performed white-ball cricket for England, is but to play a Test.
Hameed, who has been in spectacular type through the ongoing county season, has scored 474 runs at a mean of 52.66. He final performed Test cricket in November 2016. His three Test caps got here in India in 2016.
Hameed will play for Nottinghamshire on this week’s County Championship match in opposition to Warwickshire at Edgbaston beginning on Thursday. He will be part of England group at its base in London on Sunday evening.
