Bairstow additional to England squad


England has called Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler into their NatWest Series squad after Ben Stokes suffers a reappearance of a finger injury.

Twenty-year-old Durham batsman Stokes has played in each of England's four matches so far next to India.

England are previously 2-0 up, after a no-result at Chester-le-Street and then a tie at Lord's on Sunday, but have been disrupt by two other injuries previously, which summary them to 12 fit men to choose from - before Stokes was hit during batting drills on Thursday.

Eoin Morgan and Stuart Broad both succumb to shoulder problems, and Stokes took a blow to the right index finger he broke earlier this year and which has prohibited him bowling since.

Uncapped Yorkshireman Bairstow is thought to be the most likely to replace Stokes, if needed - while Buttler, who was playing in the final day of Somerset's county championship match next to Lancashire at Taunton on Thursday, is called in as more general cover.

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