Ankle Injury Sidelines Danny Briggs

25 January 2013

Danny Briggs (centre) has been sidelined with an ankle injury and will miss the final ODI in India, the New Zealand tour and the England Lions tour of Australia

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Hampshire left-arm spinner Danny Briggs has been ruled out England's Twenty20 Internationals in New Zealand after suffering a sprained ankle in Dharamshala.

Briggs, 21, was injured druring training for England's fifth and final One-Day International against India, which he will now miss as well as the tour of New Zealand, and the Lions tour of Australia.

Yorkshire batsman and off-spinner Joe Root has replaced Briggs in England's Twenty20 squad with a replacement in the Lions squad set to be named at a later date by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Briggs has played a single ODI and three Twenty20 Internationals for England but could face a long wait for his fifth international appearance.

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