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England Fast Bowler Olly Stone will miss the majority of a series of five games against India after having undergone a knee operation that will exclude it for 14 weeks. Stone played the last of his five tests against Sri Lanka in September and hoped to put pressure on new honors with Nottinghamshire this year. But the last on a long line of fitness problems means that it will start a long recovery period of more than three months while the county season will start on Friday. He joined his compatriot who fast in England Mark Wood and Brydon Carse on the sidelines at the start of the domestic campaign.
“England and the Rapidhamshire rapidly launcher, Olly Stone, was excluded from all crickets for 14 weeks after analyzes and a later operation this week, which confirmed a right knee injury,” said the Board of Directors of England and Wales Cricket in a statement.
“Stone experienced increasing discomfort during the pre-season tour of Nottinghamshire in Abu Dhabi last month. Other analyzes carried out this week revealed the need for surgery. It will now start a rehabilitation period, working closely with the medical teams of the ECB and Nottinghamshire.”
England will face Zimbabwe during a unique test of May 22 in preparation for the visit to India, with the five test series starting on June 20.
Stone could be back in action at the time of the last two tests, but is more likely to come back for the spirit of London in The Hundred, which begins on August 5.
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