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England opener Rory Burns sustained an ankle injury playing football in training
England opening batsman Rory Burns has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against South Africa after sustaining ankle ligament damage while playing football in training.
The – year-old will return home for further assessment and treatment at the earliest convenience, after captain Joe Root inflicted the damage on his team-mates’ left ankle in training on Thursday.
(****************************************** England to make late call on Archer (***************************************** (**************************************** Root: Time to trial four-day Tests(***************************************** Will England conquer Cape Town hoodoo? (******************************** Burns top-scored with in England’s********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** – – Run defeat to South Africa in the first Test at Centurion and could be replaced in the XI by Zak Crawley for the Cape Town Test, which is live on Sky Sports Cricket (from 7.) ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** am on Friday. January 3, 2020, 7: 33 am Live on Crawley made his debut batting at No 6 in New Zealand last month but is an opener at county level and scored 823 Runs for Kent in County Championship Division One last season. Burns’ footballing injury follows Jonny Bairstow suffering a similar predicament in Sri Lanka in late and Sky Sports Cricket ‘ sNasser Hussain thinks England’s kickabouts could now be scrapped. “This will open a whole new can of worms because [England’s managing director of cricket] Ashley Giles announced when he first came in that the one thing he wants to stop is football before a game because he sees the number of injuries through it. “They are told to play football but to not tackle and have no physical contact. But you know what it’s like when players get together – they can’t hold themselves back. “You have to balance it. People at home will be thinking ‘we’re not paying them to go out and play football ‘but it is their one release. They love it. “It gets them warm and loose but if you keep having injuries, Giles may well ban it again. “ Nasser: Promote Denly to open (******************************************************
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