Toby Roland-Jones out for season with recurrence of stress fracture
[ad_1] Toby Roland-Jones has been ruled out of the remainder of the 2018 season with a recurrence of a stress fracture in his back, a devastating blow for a player who missed this winter's Ashes through injury, and would have been a strong contender for a recall against Pakistan at Lord's next month. Roland-Jones suffered soreness in his back during Middlesex's Championship game against Derbyshire last week, which ruled him out of bowling in the second half of the game. Scans have subsequently confirmed a recurrence of the stress fracture he suffered last September. He is now set to undergo an extended period of rehabilitation. "Everybody at the club is devastated for Toby and our immediate thoughts are with him, and that he makes a full recovery," Angus Fraser, Middlesex's director of cricket, said. "I know how frustrating it can be to miss a summer of cricket through injury, having been through this myself on two occasions. The ray of light is that you...