England fast bowler Olly Stone will miss the next three rounds of the Bob Willis Trophy and the start of the Twenty20 Blast after suffering a side strain in his first appearance of the 2020 season. Stone left the field on the third morning of Warwickshire’s draw with his former club Northamptonshire earlier this week after reporting soreness in his left side. Warwickshire and England paceman Olly Stone will be out for up to a month with a side strainHe is now expected to be out for a month, leaving Warwickshire’s fifth and final match of the ECB’s new first-class competition - the away fixture against Glamorgan on September 6 - as a potential return date. This latest setback comes at a time when he is very much in England’s thoughts in planning for next year’s Ashes down under. Overton, meanwhile, has signed a new three-year contract with Somerset less than a week after his twin brother Jamie signed a long-term deal at Surrey.

Source: Daily Mail August 06, 2020 15:56 UTC