The Ashes: Jack Leach ruled out of series with back stress fracture

England spinner Jack Leach has been ruled of the LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes series with a low back (lumbar) stress fracture.

The 31-year-old Somerset slow left-armer developed lower back symptoms during England’s victory over Ireland at Lord’s on Saturday.

A scan on Sunday in London has revealed a stress fracture, which will keep him out of the forthcoming Ashes Test series, which gets under way at Edgbaston on Friday 16 June.

England will announce a replacement for the series in due course.

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