(Cricket news) Surrey and England cricketer Sam Curran has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup due to a lower back injury, England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed.

Curran first reported lower back pain in the Indian Premier League’s match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals with scans revealing the injury soon after. He will fly back to the United Kingdom in the next few days for further scans and a full review with ECB’s medical team.

Tom, Sam Curran’s brother, has also been drafted into England’s squad for the T20 World Cup along with Surrey’s Reece Topley who has been added as a travelling reserve and will join the squad in due course. Those who are not currently at the IPL have arrived in Muscat earlier today and will remain in Oman until 16th of October before heading to Dubai for the start of the tournament.

England ICC Men's T20 World Cup Squad

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) Captain, Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Tymal Mills (Sussex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham)

Travelling Reserves

Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), James Vince (Hampshire)

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 – England’s warm-up fixtures:

England v India, Monday 18 October 2021, Dubai (6.00pm GST / 3.00pm BST)

England v New Zealand, Wednesday 20 October 2021, Abu Dhabi (2.00pm GST / 11.00am BST)

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 – England’s Group Fixtures:

England v West Indies, Saturday 23 October 2021, Dubai (6.00pm GST / 3.00pm BST)

England v Qualifier (B2), Wednesday 27 October 2021, Abu Dhabi (2.00pm GST / 11.00am BST)

England v Australia, Saturday 30 October 2021, Dubai (6.00pm GST / 3.00pm BST)

England v Qualifier (A1), Monday 1 November 2021, Sharjah (6.00pm GST / 2.00pm GMT)

England v South Africa, Saturday 6 November 2021, Sharjah (6.00pm GST / 2.00pm GMT)

Semi-finals:

First semi-final, Wednesday 10 November, Abu Dhabi (6.00pm GST / 2.00pm GMT)

Second semi-final, Thursday 11 November, Dubai (6.00pm GST / 2.00pm GMT)

Final:

Final, Sunday 14 November, Dubai (6.00pm GST / 2.00pm GMT)

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