England bowler Tom Curran out for around four months due to stress fracture of the lower back | Cricket News

Tom Curran will miss around four months of action with stress fracture in his lower back; seamer is sitting out England’s five-match T20 series in the West Indies in late January; Eoin Morgan’s side play games in the Caribbean on January 22, 23, 26, 29 and 30

England bowler Tom Curran will be out for around four months after sustaining a stress fracture of the lower back

England seam bowler Tom Curran will be out for around four months due to a stress fracture in his lower back.

Curran, 26, was forced to leave his Big Bash stint with Sydney Sixers in December and subsequently left out of England’s 16-man squad for the five-match T20 international series in the West Indies later this month.

Curran has played 30 T20Is and 28 one-day internationals for England, while he made two Test appearances during his country’s 4-0 Ashes series defeat in Australia in 2017-18, picking up a wicket apiece at Melbourne and Sydney.

Tom’s younger brother Sam missed the T20 World Cup and the Ashes due to a stress fracture of the back and he, too, will not be involved in the West Indies series.

England will play T20s in the Caribbean on January 22, 23, 26, 29 and 30, with all games starting at 8pm UK time – you will be able to follow the games via live blogs across Sky Sports’ digital platforms.

England squad for West Indies T20 series: Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Tymal Mills, David Payne, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince