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BBC News
04-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
England's Stone to miss Test summer after surgery
England's fast-bowling stocks have been further depleted after Olly Stone was ruled out of the Test summer by a right knee who played two Tests last summer and was part of the winter tours to Pakistan and New Zealand, had scans earlier this surgery has sidelined the 31-year-old for 14 weeks, meaning he will miss all of England's home Tests against Zimbabwe and joins Mark Wood in being ruled out of the home Test summer after Wood had surgery on a knee injury, sustained at the Champions means neither will play any Test cricket before the Ashes tour of Australia this Stone has endured a stop-start England career because of injuries. He returned to Test cricket in 2024 after a three-year absence to take his total number of caps to endured discomfort on Nottinghamshire's pre-season tour of Abu Dhabi in March and will now miss almost all of the 2025 season. England have made no secret of their preference for bowlers of high pace, particularly for the tour of Australia, where they have not won a single Test since while the injury to Wood and the subsequent doubt over his availability to travel down under is the major concern, the loss of a back-up in Stone only adds to England's Carse is missing the start of the season because of blisters and cuts on his left foot, while there remain doubts over whether Jofra Archer will be fit to play Test cricket Atkinson, Chris Woakes and Matthew Potts have been England's other first-choice seamers in recent times, while Josh Tongue is playing for Nottinghamshire this week after an 18-month battle with injury could enhance the case of Surrey's Dan Worrall, who played three one-day internationals for Australia but will qualify to play for England by the time of the Test against Zimbabwe in pair John Turner and Sonny Baker, along with Essex's Sam Cook and Surrey's Jamie Overton, could come into the 20-year-old Josh Hull, who made his Test debut last summer, is missing the start of the County Championship season through injury.
BBC News
12-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Australia's Starc opts out of Champions Trophy
Australia seamer Mitchell Starc has opted out of the Champions continues a disruptive build-up for the two-time winners, who had already lost captain Pat Cummins, seamer Josh Hazlewood and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to injury, plus the sudden ODI retirement of all-rounder Marcus Stoinis. Starc, 35, will not be sharing a reason for his decision and has asked for privacy. The left-armer, who has taken 244 wickets in 127 one-day internationals, was the only Australia seamer to play in all seven Tests against India at home and Sri Lanka away between November and February. It leaves Spencer Johnson, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott and Ben Dwarshuis, who have played in 37 ODIs between them, as Australia's frontline pace options."We understand and respect Mitch's decision," chair selector George Bailey said."Mitch is deeply respected for his commitment to international cricket and the priority he places on performing for Australia."His well-documented ability to play through pain and adversity, as well as forgoing opportunities in other parts of his career to put his country first should be applauded."His loss is of course a blow for the Champions Trophy campaign but does provide an opportunity for someone else to make a mark on the tournament."Steve Smith has been appointed captain ahead of Travis Head in Cummins' Champions Trophy starts on 19 February and Australia's first game is against England on 22 February. Australia's Champions Trophy squad Steve Smith (captain), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa. Travelling reserve: Cooper Connolly.
