Anderson a new injury scare for England, Broad is ruled out for summer

England’s Stuart Broad celebrates taking the wicket of India’s KL Rahul on the fourth day of the first Test at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham. (AFP)

• Anderson missed training session at Lord’s yesterday, leg injury will require two months off for Broad England go into Thursday’s second Test against India at Lord’s under a cloud following news that Stuart Broad is out for the remainder of the season and Jimmy Anderson is now struggling with a thigh injury. Broad underwent a scan after pulling up lame in training on Tuesday and the upshot is a tear to his right calf muscle that will require around two months of rehab. The 35-year-old will now set his sights on returning for this winter’s Ashes series in Australia. This news came on the day that Anderson, his long-time new-ball partner, has reported soreness in his left quad and is now awaiting scan results himself. Saqib Mahmood, his uncapped Lancashire teammate, has been added to England’s squad in response. The Lancashire paceman, who was named as man of the series during the recent one-day series against Pakistan, is the second player to join the group in the last 24 hours after Moeen Ali. Both players go straight into the highest form of red-ball cricket, having spent recent weeks honing their white-ball skills in The Hundred. While Moeen has led his Birmingham Phoenix to the top of the table, Mahmood has taken five wickets in five matches for Oval Invincibles. The 24-year-old has yet to play Test cricket, but has 16 limited-overs caps to his name since making his England debut in Wellington almost two years ago. He was left out of the recent series against Pakistan but flourished when a coronavirus outbreak saw the original squad sent into self-isolation and replaced at short notice. He topped the wicket charts, the bowling averages and the economy rates in a high-class display which shot him back up the pecking order. With Mahmood and Moeen in camp, England have opted to release spinner Dom Bess from an oversized squad that would still number 17 if Broad was ruled out. Bess will now rejoin Yorkshire and could play in their Royal London Cup match at Glamorgan today. England’s coach Chris Silverwood (left) and captain Joe Root chat during a training session ahead of the second Test against India at Lord’s in London. (AFP) India’s Rohit Sharma bats in the nets during a training session at Lord’s in London yesterday. (AFP)