England’s Woakes ruled out of remainder of India Test

England’s Chris Woakes was forced disconnected the tract connected the archetypal time of the 5th Test against India with a enarthrosis injury.

England paceman Chris Woakes is acceptable to miss the remainder of the 5th and deciding Test against India astatine the Oval aft suffering a enarthrosis injury, squad absorption person announced.

Woakes injured himself precocious connected Thursday’s opening day successful southbound London successful a hopeless bid to forestall a boundary, landing awkwardly and past leaving the tract with his near limb successful a makeshift sling portion successful evident pain.

He was past assessed by squad aesculapian staff, and portion Woakes could yet diagnostic again successful a dire emergency, an England spokesperson speaking earlier the commencement of Friday’s 2nd time ruled him out.

“England seamer Chris Woakes volition proceed to beryllium monitored passim the remainder of the Rothesay Fifth Test astatine The Kia Oval, pursuing a near enarthrosis wounded sustained connected time 1 of the lucifer against India,” the spokesperson said.

“At this stage, the wounded has ruled him retired of immoderate further information successful the Test.

“A further appraisal volition beryllium conducted astatine the decision of the series.”

India, who indispensable triumph the lucifer to extremity a five-Test bid level astatine 2-2, were 204-6 astatine Thursday’s adjacent aft being sent into bat.

Woakes is the lone England gait bowler to person featured successful each lucifer of a gruelling bid wherever 5 Tests person been squeezed into a docket of 7 weeks.

On mostly level pitches successful the preceding 4 Tests, Woakes struggled to marque an impact, taking 10 wickets. And connected Thursday helium had India opener KL Rahul chop the shot onto his stumps earlier suffering the injury.

Given his mediocre grounds distant from home, Woakes already faced a pugnacious task to summation enactment for England’s upcoming Ashes circuit of Australia, and, astatine the property of 36, this wounded could endanger the Warwickshire all-rounder’s planetary career.

In the abbreviated term, his wounded is acceptable to permission an already depleted England gait onslaught a antheral down astatine the Oval, with substitutes lone permitted to field, not bat oregon bowl.

England skipper Ben Stokes, the starring wicket-taker this series, is missing the bid finale with a enarthrosis injury, portion pacemen Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse were some near retired astatine the Oval pursuing their erstwhile workload successful this series.

Express speedy Mark Wood is simply a semipermanent absentee, portion Olly Stone is lone conscionable returning to fittingness pursuing a genu injury.

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