Leach had his thumb bandaged after the incident in the nets today Dan Mullan/Getty ImagesJack Leach is out of England’s series against Pakistan with a broken thumb and the selectors are seriously considering replacing the left-arm spinner with his Somerset team-mate Dominic Bess, 20. Leach was practising his batting in the Taunton nets before the start of the final day of Somerset’s match against Hampshire when he was hit by a ball bowled with a sidearm ball-thrower by the Somerset head coach Jason Kerr. He was taken to hospital, where scans confirmed a broken bone in his left thumb, which may require surgery. Somerset said it was too early to confirm how long he would be out. The injury could not have come at a worse time for the 26-year-old, with the new national selector Ed Smith naming his…

Source: The Times May 14, 2018 16:01 UTC