Rory Burns to miss cricket for four months due to ankle surgery

England team has been receiving jolts of injury concerns quite a bit. Recently, Jofra Archer had an injury scare when he walked out of the net practice while bowling. Archer had complained of a sore elbow and walked out after bowling just 6 balls. Also, the young pacer, Pat Brown had missed the limited over encounters against the Proteas owing to a partial stress fracture that he got while playing in the Big Bash League.

Meanwhile, England opener, Rory Burns will be missing 4 months of cricket this year, owing to an ankle injury and the subsequent surgery. The England cricket team are all set to play a two-match Test series Sri Lanka and Burns will not be able to recover in time for that. The surgery had taken place on Monday afternoon and to the relief of the English fans and team management, it was successful.

As reported by India Today, Burns, who had sustained an ankle injury during the tour of South Africa, was ruled out of the remainder of that series and hasn’t played any cricket since. Burns was in form and had been one of the most successful batsmen for England. He had two half-centuries in his last five innings. The 29-year-old had incurred the injury while playing football during practice, where a freak incident injured him.

England Cricket Board, in a statement, told, ‘He had surgery in London on Monday and is expected to be out of action for around four months.’ Burns will eye a return to competitive cricket in the month of April in England, where he will be a part of the domestic encounters.

England Cricket Board bans football during practice

Following Burn’s injury, England Cricket Board in an attempt to avoid further mishaps, issued a strict declaration. The board told that playing football will be banned during practice sessions. The move comes as a pretty cautionary one as across the world, several squads do play football during practice sessions and the ECB is the first one to have imposed a ban on the activity.

With the tour of South Africa on and that of Sri Lanka all set to begin soon, the team management and captain will have to find a replacement for him soon and try not to lose any momentum after this set-back.

📰 @roryburns17 has undergone surgery on ruptured ankle ligaments. Get well soon, Rory!

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 7, 2020