Promising young Australia fast bowler James Pattinson is ruled out of the rest of Ashes series against host England.
The 23-year-old Pattinson suffered a fracture in the lower back at the end of the second Test at Lord’s.
“He will commence a rehabilitation programme with the aim to have him back for the Australian summer,” Cricket Australia confirmed the news.
Australia may recall Mitchell Starc in place of Pattinson.
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