The Ashes: England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler to miss final Test in Hobart due to finger injury | Cricket News

Jos Buttler will miss the fifth and final Ashes Test in Hobart due to a finger injury, England captain Joe Root has confirmed; Sam Billings looks likely to make his Test debut in the pink-ball match from Friday as Buttler’s replacement behind the stumps

England’s Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the fifth and final Ashes Test in Hobart

Jos Buttler will not play in the fifth Ashes Test because of a finger injury, England captain Joe Root has confirmed.

Buttler sustained the knock while keeping wicket in Australia’s first innings in the drawn fourth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The 31-year-old will now fly home, with Sam Billings in line to make his Test debut behind the stumps in Hobart from Friday.

Root said: “Jos is going home. It’s quite a bad injury.”

Australia led the series 3-0, with their hopes of a 5-0 sweep ended as England battled to a draw on the final day at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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