English wicketkeeper Ben Foakes dominated out of New Zealand Tests after freak damage

England’s wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes was on Wednesday dominated out of the upcoming two-match Test sequence in opposition to New Zealand after a freak dressing-room accident resulted in a torn hamstring.
The 28-year-old sustained the damage after slipping in his socks whereas strolling within the dressing room following Surrey’s County Championship match in opposition to Middlesex on the Oval, ‘ESPNCricinfo’ reported.
Haseeb Hameed and the uncapped Sam Billings have been added to England’s Test squad for the matches in opposition to New Zealand.
Foakes was to play his first Test at house subsequent month at Lord’s after fellow wicketkeepers Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow — together with Moeen
Ali, Sam Curran and Chris Woakes — have been rested for the sequence following their stints within the Indian Premier League.
Foakes may very well be out of motion for so long as three months, leaving him unsure for the upcoming sequence in opposition to India and the Ashes tour on the finish of the 12 months if his substitute James Bracey impresses behind the stumps within the coming weeks.
Foakes will likely be assessed by the Surrey medical group, which may also work on his rehabilitation.
He has featured in 8 Tests up to now, scoring 410 runs in robust circumstances whereas taking 14 catches and effecting 5 stumpings.
Hameed returns to the England Test facet, having final performed in November 2016.
Hameed has been in spectacular kind in the course of the 2021 county season, aggregating 474 runs at a median of 52.66. Billings stays uncapped as a Test participant.