England have called up the uncapped seamer Tom Curran to replace Steven Finn, who has limped out of the Ashes tour before bowling a ball. Finn joined England’s lengthening list of fast-bowling absentees after tearing cartilage in his left knee batting in the nets last week, with Curran heading off Liam Plunkett and Tom Helm to replace him. Curran, who will fly out on Wednesday evening, bats well and impressed hugely on his international white-ball debut. He will compete with Jake Ball and Craig Overton, who have only three caps between them, for a spot in England’s Test side at the Gabba. England team for day/night match at the Adelaide Oval: Cook, Stoneman, Vince, Root (capt), Malan, Bairstow (wkt), Woakes, Overton, Ball, Crane, Anderson.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 08:48 UTC