England fast bowler Olly Stone has suffered a stress fracture in his lower back, his county Warwickshire confirmed on Wednesday.
England pacer Mark Wood is elated at the Test call-up as a replacement for injured Olly Stone for the Windies tour and is eagerly looking forward to it.
The Warwickshire pacer has sustained a bone stress injury to the left lower back.
Stone may not get to feature in the Test series.
The Warwickshire seamer is also hopeful of staying in England's World Cup plans.
Root’s batting average reduced from 51.04 to 46.80 when he took charge of the Test side.
Olly Stone may be just two ODIs old, but the 25-year-old fancies his chances of playing the World Cup at home next year.
World number one England handed ODI debuts to fast bowler Olly Stone, 25, and left-arm spinner Liam Dawson, 28, leaving out both Curran brothers.
Stone had been selected two years ago by England, only to miss out for the most bizarre reason: he injured himself while celebrating a wicket.
Rory Burns, captain of the 2018 County Championship Divsion One winners – Surrey – and the leading run-score of the season with 1319 runs so far at 69.42, has been named in England Test squad for the first time for the series against Sri Lanka along with Kent’s Joe Denly and Warwickshire’s Olly Stone, who...