Cricket - Ashes test match - Australia v England - SCG, Sydney, Australia, January 5, 2018. England's Mason Crane dives to field the ball during the second day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match. REUTERS/David Gray
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - England leg-spinner Mason Crane has been ruled out of the rest of the tour of New Zealand and will miss the two tests with a stress fracture of his back, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have said.
The 21-year-old Crane, who made his debut in the fifth Ashes test in Sydney in January, felt discomfort in his back earlier this week and had two scans, which revealed a partial stress fracture, the ECB said in a statement.
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