England received an injury blow ahead of next month's tour of India after middle-order batsman Eoin Morgan was on Friday ruled out of the series because of a chronic shoulder injury.
 Morgan will undergo surgery on his right shoulder next week that will keep him out of action for 12 weeks. © AFP |
Morgan will undergo surgery on his right shoulder next week that will
keep him out of action for 12 weeks, which means he is also unavailable
for the remainder of the ongoing ODI series against India at home.
"After seeing a specialist today (Friday) it has been confirmed that
Eoin (Morgan) will require surgery to his right shoulder with the
likelihood of repairing a chronic SLAP lesion," England ans Wales
Cricket Board (ECB) chief medical officer, Dr Nick Peirce said in a
statement.
"We have managed the injury to date with a conservative program but
Eoin has now reached the stage where surgery is most appropriate
progression of his treatment.
"Following the operation Eoin will undertake a rehabilitation
programme ruling him out of all cricket for approximately 12 weeks. The
recovery period is anticipated to see him return to full fitness ahead
of England's tour of the UAE commencing in January," he added.
Morgan, who first suffered the injury during England's Ashes tour of
Australia earlier this year, flared it up after the one-off Twenty20
International against India at Old Trafford earlier this month.
The injury also forced Morgan to sit out of the second ODI against India at Southampton on Tuesday.
England will tour India for five ODIs and one-off Twenty20 game. The
first ODI of the series will be played in Hyderabad on October 14.
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