Jake Ball has replaced the injured David Willey in the England squad for the one-day worldwide series against Pakistan.
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The ECB has released a statement that further scans will be made, and that a significant injury is not entirely out of the question.
With Willey’s dismissal, Jake Ball has now got a nod to make his ODI debut against Pakistan, ESPNcricinfo reported.
Willey’s place in the squad will be taken by Jake Ball, the Nottinghamshire seamer.
It is a huge blow for one of England’s leading white-ball bowlers but as one door closes another opens and Mark Wood looks sure to make his global return on Wednesday after an outstanding Twenty20 finals day of his own.
David Willey hurt himself while playing for Yorkshire during England’s T20 Finals Day.
The five-match series begins at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Wednesday.
The 5-match ODI series will start on August 24 and promises to be a keenly-contested affair after the Test series was shared 2-2.
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Yet NatWest Blast finals day belonged to financially stricken underdogs Northants who upset the odds to defeat star-studded Notts in their semi-final and then Durham, with Josh Cobb scoring 80 in their four-wicket final win. Stokes has thrown himself into his rehabilitation for the second time this summer since suffering a torn calf muscle when bowling in the third Investec Test against Pakistan at Emirates Old Trafford late last month, and is set to add to his tally of 39 ODI appearances – the last against South Africa in Cape Town in February.
