The Middlesex seamer sustained the injury during practice last week in Perth and will now return home, where he will consult a specialist to see whether he needs an operation. A team spokesman said England would shortly announce his replacement for the rest of the Australian tour.Steven Finn has been ruled out of England's Ashes tour.
He was injured in training on Thursday. More: https://t.co/SfFpiTvOja pic.twitter.com/WHBfwr1X3f— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) November 7, 2017
It ends another miserable tour to Australia for Finn, who left the previous 2013/14 trip under a cloud when coach Ashley Giles declared him "unselectable". Finn only made the current tour when he was added to the squad in place of the suspended Ben Stokes. "When you're a late call-up to the squad and have been out of selection for the past six months or so, you definitely do have a point to prove," Finn said last week before the injury.JUST IN: @surreycricket pacer @_TC59 has been called up to replace the injured Steven Finn in #ENG's #Ashes squad pic.twitter.com/BfVHliRba5
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) November 7, 2017
Coach Trevor Bayliss told reporters Tuesday: "He had an injection a couple of days ago which they thought would help." Among those in contention to replace Finn are Tom Curran, who played for England earlier this year, Tom Helm or Liam Plunkett, who has signed up to play in a 10-over tournament in the UAE next month.BREAKING NEWS: Steven Finn out of Ashes tour with serious knee injury https://t.co/LwAyhw8ORI pic.twitter.com/WoRKyhfZPl
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) November 7, 2017
Tom Curran has been named as the replacement for Steven Finn in England's Ashes squad https://t.co/y9M1oXXG53 pic.twitter.com/cDkRUe2DJa
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) November 7, 2017