The Ashes 2023: England's Ollie Pope out for rest of summer with shoulder injury

England batter Ollie Pope has been ruled retired of the remainder of the Ashes bid with a dislocated shoulder.

Scans connected Monday showed Pope, 25, would necessitate country and has been ruled retired for the remainder of the summer.

Batter Dan Lawrence is the astir apt replacement for the 3rd Test, which starts astatine Headingley connected Thursday.

Essex's Lawrence, 25, averages 29 from 11 Tests but has not played since the circuit to the West Indies successful March 2022, earlier skipper Ben Stokes and manager Brendon McCullum took charge.

Pope has injured his close shoulder, aft dislocating his near enarthrosis doubly earlier having country connected it successful 2020.

On this juncture helium sustained the wounded successful the archetypal innings astatine Lord's earlier coming retired and making 42 with the bat.

The right-hander than took to the tract successful Australia's 2nd innings - amid disorder implicit the umpires saying helium had to bash so - and aggravated the injury.

He scored 205 against Ireland astatine the commencement of the summertime earlier scores of 31, 14, 42 and 13 successful the Ashes.

A left-field enactment to regenerate him successful Leeds would beryllium to determination the batters up a spot successful the bid and callback Moeen Ali astatine fig seven, with the anticipation of bringing successful Chris Woakes for a bowler to further fortify the batting.

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