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England pace bowlers struggle with injuries

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Written by esph | Posted on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 13:06

March 10th: England pace bowler Graham Onions has been ruled out of Friday's first test against Bangladesh with a back injury. Onions suffered the injury during net practice and joins the list of casualties that includes Ryan Sidebottom who flew home with a thigh injury and Stuart Broad who is expected to recover from his back injury in time for the first test. England's pace attack will look very different to the unit that drew the test series with South Africa. Jimmy Anderson is not on tour which leaves Ajmal Shahzad and Liam Plunkett both in with a chance of making the starting 11 and 20 year old MIddlesex paceman Steven Finn also pushing to make his test debut.

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Jo Worsley returns to England line-up having recovered from knee ligament injury

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Written by esph | Posted on Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:39

March 9th: Jo Worsley replaces Lewis Moody in England's team to face Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday. England's recent form away to Scotland is not good, having lost on both their last two visits to Murrayfield and coach Martin Johnson will hope that Worsley adds some grit to their defence. Worsley, a Lion in the summer, has not started for England since injuring knee ligaments in the autumn loss to New Zealand. Another England casualty, Delon Armitage, has made a speedy recovery from the rib injury he suffered in the defeat to Ireland and makes the starting XV.

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Team sky rider breaks collar bone

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Written by esph | Posted on Monday, 08 March 2010 16:22

March 8th: Team Sky rider Peter Kennaugh has broken his collarbone after crashing out of stage three of the Strade Bianche Eroica race in Italy on Saturday. It is the second collarbone fracture Team Sky have suffered this season with Kennaugh following in the footsteps of teammate Kurt Asle Arvesen. The British team's sporting director Marcus Ljungqvist was unfazed saying "Peter is a strong little guy and I'm sure he'll make a quick recovery. It's bad news but, as Kurt has shown, you can come back quickly from an injury like this and Peter will."

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Fabregas ruled out of Champion's League tie with hamstring injury

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Written by esph | Posted on Monday, 08 March 2010 16:09

March 8th: Arsenal will be without their talismanic captain Cesc Fabregas for Tuesday's second leg Champion's League tie against Porto. Fabregas picked up the hamstring injury in Saturday's 3-1 victory over Burnley and did not train today. Arsenal trail Porto 2-1 from the first leg and manager Arsene Wenger said "we cannot take a gamble so he is not available". Fabregas missed three weeks with the same injury in December and a prolonged absence now at a pivotal stage of the season is likely to damage Arsenal's chances of pushing for honours at home and in Europe.

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