FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes 2019 - Third Test - England v Australia - Headingley, Leeds, Britain - August 22, 2019 England's James Anderson bowling after the match Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
(Reuters) - England fast bowler James Anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the Ashes series against Australia due to a niggling calf injury, the country's cricket board (ECB) announced on Friday.
Anderson, who was playing for county side Lancashire's second XI in a friendly against Durham earlier this week, felt pain in his right calf after which he was withdrawn from the rest of the match.
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