Steven Finn is out of England’s entire Ashes tour of Australia with a knee injury, team officials said on Tuesday. Finn, who missed the opening tour match in Perth last weekend, had scans which revealed a torn left knee cartilage. The Middlesex seamer sustained the injury during practice last week in Perth and will now return home, where he will consult a specialist to see whether he needs an operation. (Read | Graeme Swann blasts ‘phoney’ war of words ahead of Ashes series vs Australia)A team spokesman said England would shortly announce his replacement for the rest of the Australian tour. It ends another miserable tour to Australia for Finn, who left the previous 2013/14 trip under a cloud when coach Ashley Giles declared him “unselectable”.

Source: Hindustan Times November 07, 2017 11:15 UTC