Olly Stone will cap his recovery from a career-rescuing operation to insert two screws into his back, which took place in the hospital next to Lord’s in 2021, by returning to St John’s Wood and the England Test side. After a three-year absence he comes in for the second match against Sri Lanka on Thursday, as a replacement for the injured Mark Wood.
Stone, the only change to the side that won at Old Trafford on Saturday, made his Test debut against Ireland at Lord’s in 2019 and had not returned to the venue until his stint with London Spirit in the Hundred this summer. The 30‑year‑old’s recall to the Test side follows an unexpected emergence as a potential all-rounder.
