Burns was clearly in pain as he was treated on the outfield at Newlands PHILIP BROWN/GETTY IMAGESEngland’s ill-fated tour of South Africa hit a new low tonight when Rory Burns sustained ligament damage to his left ankle while playing football and was ruled out of the rest of the series. As if this was not bad enough, Jofra Archer was also effectively ruled out of tomorrow’s second Test match at Newlands after again failing to test out a sore right elbow in training. The injury to Burns, who landed awkwardly on his foot in taking a shot on goal while under pressure from, of all people, his captain Joe Root, will surely be the final straw for Ashley Giles, England’s director of men’s cricket, who made plain his opposition to using football as a warm-up when he took the job in…

Source: The Times January 02, 2020 18:56 UTC