Finn to fly back home

LONDON: England’s Ashes preparations have been hit with the news Steven Finn is out of England’s entire tour of Australia with a knee injury.
Finn, who missed the opening tour match in Perth last weekend, had scans which revealed a torn left knee cartilage.
The Middlesex seamer sustained the injury during practise last week in Perth and will now return home, where he will consult a specialist to see whether he needs an operation.
England announced yesterday that Tom Curran, the Surrey fast bowler from Surrey, would replace Finn in the squad. Curran, who played for England earlier this year, beat off competition from Tom Helm, Liam Plunkett and George Garton to replace Finn. England already lost Toby Roland-Jones to injury before the tour.
It ends another miserable tour to Australia for Finn, who left the previous 2013/14 trip under a cloud when coach Ashley Giles declared him “unselectable.”
Finn only made the current tour when he was added to the squad in place of the suspended Ben Stokes.
“When you’re a late call-up to the squad and have been out of selection for the past six months or so, you definitely do have a point to prove,” Finn said last week before the injury.
Coach Trevor Bayliss told reporters: “He had an injection a couple of days ago which they thought would help.”