Ollie Pope suffered a thigh injury while batting during Surrey's Vitality Blast match against Kent Spitfires on July 2; the England batsman is expected to be unavailable until the five-match Test series against India, which begins at Trent Bridge on August 4
Saturday 10 July 2021 10:34, UK
Ollie Pope has been ruled out until England's Test series against India after suffering a left thigh muscle injury.
Pope sustained the injury while batting during Surrey's Vitality Blast match against Kent Spitfires on July 2.
"The ECB and Surrey fitness teams will work together to deliver Pope's rehabilitation with a focus for him to be available to return for the first Test against India," read an ECB statement.
Pope now faces a race against time to be fit for the five-match Test series against India, which begins at Trent Bridge on August 4.
Pope has played 19 Tests for England, scoring one hundred - against South Africa in Port Elizabeth in January 2020 - and five fifties at an average of 31.50.
The 23-year-old made scores of 22, 20 not out, 19 and 23 during June's Test series defeat to New Zealand.
