Sydney: Wicketkeeper-Batsman Sam Billings has been added to British forces for the final ash test against Australia in Hobart as a cover for Jos Buttler who was injured and Jonny Bairstow, said the Country Cricket (ECB) on Friday.
Buttler experienced a blow on his left index finger while playing the second day in Sydney on Thursday, while Bairstow fought through the pain on the way to a hundred years earlier on Friday after being beaten by Pat Cummins.
Asked about the extent of the injury, Bairstow said: “I don’t know …
I will know some more information tomorrow.
I’m not sure about the maintenance side.
But from the point of view of batting, I will go out there in the morning.” Billings, who Have not made his debut in the longest format, recently in action for Guntur Sydney in the Best League Twenty20 competition.
“(Billings) will fly to England tonight ahead of the T20i T20I T20 Karibbean Kata ECB in a statement.
England, which has dropped 3-0 in the five-match series, the day three Sydney tests on 258-7, 158 runs behind the total inning First Australia.
The final test began on January 14.