James Anderson’s troublesome right calf has ruled him out of the remainder of the Ashes as England drafted Somerset seamer Craig Overton into a 13-man squad for the fourth Test.
The injury has plagued Anderson for a number of weeks, with England’s record wicket-taker feeling pain in the area as he sought to prove his fitness in a Lancashire Second XI fixture earlier this week.
Anderson will therefore miss out at his home ground of Old Trafford for the Test which gets under way on September 4, with Overton added to the 12 that was named ahead of last week’s dramatic one-wicket victory at Headingley.
That was the Test where England succumbed to 58 all out, their sixth-lowest of all-time, although Overton’s unbeaten 33 saved them from an even more ignominious fate.
He has collected 32 wickets at an average of 21.34 in eight championship matches this year to put himself back into England contention.
