Saqid Mahmood suffers recurrence of back stress fracture

Lancashire have confirmed that Saqib Mahmood has been identified with a recurrence of the again stress fracture that sidelined him for a lot of 2022.

Mahmood has solely performed 5 video games this summer season and, as revealed by ESPNcricinfowas despatched for a specialist session amid issues he might miss the remainder of the season.

No timeline has been placed on his return and he’ll bear rehabilitation below the steering of Lancashire and the ECB, with whom he has an pace-bowling growth contract.

Mahmood, 26, has been capped in all three codecs for England, most just lately enjoying within the ODI sequence in Bangladesh in March. He made his Check debut on the 2021-22 tour of the West Indies, however was identified with a lumbar stress fracture shortly after coming back from the Caribbean.

In addition to being dominated out of motion for Lancashire, Mahmood may also miss the Hundred, for which he was a part of Oval Invincibles’ squad. Surrey allrounder Tom Lawes is about to be introduced in by Invincibles as an harm substitute.