England spinner Crane out of NZ tests with back fracture

ByReuters

Published 16/03/2018 at 07:25 GMT

WELLINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - England leg-spinner Mason Crane has been ruled out of the rest of the tour of New Zealand and will miss the two tests with a stress fracture of his back, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have said.

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The 21-year-old Crane, who made his debut in the fifth Ashes test in Sydney in January, felt discomfort in his back earlier this week and had two scans, which revealed a partial stress fracture, the ECB said in a statement.

He will return home and be replaced by left-arm spinner Jack Leach.

Crane had figures of 1-193 on debut and with New Zealand pitches rarely favouring spin, probably would not have been in contention for either of the matches.

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