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Key England player ruled out of Champions Trophy, replacement named

LAHORE: England suffered a major blow as bowling all-rounder Brydon Carse has been ruled out for the remainder of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 after nursing an injury to his left toe.

Carse sustained the injury during England’s opening game against Australia on Saturday in Lahore.

The 29-year-old also missed the last two ODIs against India due to injury, but he played in the game against Australia.

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Brydon Carse struggled in the opening game after giving away 69 runs in his seven overs in a high-scoring encounter against the arch-rivals.

The young spinner Rehan Ahmed has been called up as his replacement. He will join the squad in Pakistan later this week.

Rehan, who has been instrumental in England’s recent success in Test matches, has played 6 One Day Internationals and has 10 wickets to his name.

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The 20-year-old leg spinner last played for the England team in an ODI in December 2023 against the West Indies.

For those unaware, England needs to win both of their remaining group-stage matches to qualify for the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals.

They will now face Afghanistan on 26 February at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

The team suffered a five-wicket defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Australia after posting a mammoth total in their campaign opener on Saturday.

England Update Squad for Champions Trophy 2025

Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood, Rehand Ahmed

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Brydon Carse replaces injured Reece Topley in England ICC World Cup 2023 squad

Fast bowler Brydon Carse was on Monday called up to the England squad at the ICC World Cup 2023 to replace the injured Reece Topley, tournament officials said.

South Africa-born Carse has so far played 12 one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games for England since making his debut in 2021.

Topley fractured his index finger on his bowling hand in Saturday’s 229-run mauling at the hands of South Africa in Mumbai and will sit out the rest of the competition.

“England and Surrey seamer Reece Topley has been ruled out of the rest of the ICC Men’s World Cup after fracturing his left index finger during England’s defeat to South Africa on Saturday,” ECB stated.

Initial reports suggested that the left-arm pacer may have cracked his finger. He was then taken for scans in Mumbai which revealed the full extent of his injury.

“Scans in Mumbai on Saturday, after the match at the Wankhede Stadium, revealed the full extent of the injury. Topley will return to the UK in the next 24 hours,” said ECB.

“He will work closely with the England and Surrey medical teams in respect of his rehabilitation,” the statement added.

England had a disappointing World Cup campaign thus far as the defending champions managed to win only one game out of four and currently sit ninth in the standings, trailing by Afghanistan, who upset them by 69 runs last week.

England’s squad for the World Cup 2023

Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.

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