Reece Topley: England seamer out of T20 World Cup due to ankle injury | Cricket News

Reece Topley to miss England’s T20 World Cup campaign after suffering ankle injury; Tymal Mills and Richard Gleeson are the seamers among England’s travelling reserves, with one of them now looking likely to come into the squad; England’s first game is against Afghanistan on Saturday

England left-arm seamer Reece Topley is out of the T20 World Cup due to an ankle injury

England have been dealt a major blow ahead of their T20 World Cup campaign with seamer Reece Topley ruled out of the competition due to an ankle injury.

The left-armer, 28, rolled his left ankle during a fielding drill in Brisbane on Monday ahead of England’s final warm-up match against Pakistan and will now play no part in the main tournament.

England have two fast bowlers among their travelling reserves, in Topley’s fellow left-armer Tymal Mills and right-arm quick Richard Gleeson, with one of them now likely to be promoted into the full squad.

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Topley is England’s leading wicket-taker in T20 internationals in 2022, with 17 scalps in 16 games at an average of 28.

The Surrey bowler has become an integral part of England’s T20 bowling attack, operating with the new ball and at the death and rising to 11th in the T20 international bowling rankings.

Watch the T20 World Cup live in full on Sky Sports Cricket. Our coverage of England’s opening game against Afghanistan begins at 11.30am on Saturday ahead of a midday start.