Chris Woakes is expected to be ruled out of this winter’s Ashes tour and faces the possibility of surgery following the shoulder injury that has ruled him out of the remainder of the fifth Test against India.
The 36-year-old suffered a dislocated left shoulder when diving to cut off a boundary late on the opening day at the Oval, tumbling over the rope and damaging the joint in the process. Scans overnight will be followed by further assessment in the coming days but the outlook is not positive.
