Bopara injured

England has suffered another blow today after learning that Flintoff's injury (to that same poor old ankle) is unlikely to get better any time soon.

In attempting to catch Gautan Ghambir off his own bowling, Ravi Bopara has hurt his thumb and been carted off in the blood-wagon. Now it seems that his right thumb is fractured, not just dislocated.

I would have thought it highly unlikely that he will be playing again at Headingley today. Even if he does run on enough adrenalin for this, surely Bopara is now not just a doubt for the last few One-day internationals, but there must also be a big question over whether he will make the Twenty20 World Cup.

Commentators who know Bopara reckon he'll just play on - even today. A bit of strapping and a pain-killing jab, and he'll be just fine. We'll see.

[Image: Getty] [mimitig]