England replace injured Broad with Saqib Mahmood for second India Test
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Dom Bess released after Moeen Ali and Mahmood drafted inBroad scan results not made public but not back in short termEngland have added seamer Saqib Mahmood to their squad for the second Test against India, as cover for the injured Stuart Broad. Broad pulled up during warm-ups at Lord’s on Tuesday and was sent for scans on a calf problem. Results have yet to be made public, but the decision to call up Mahmood suggests he is unlikely to rally in the short term.The Lancashire paceman, who was named as man of the series during the recent one-day series against Pakistan, is the second player to join the group in the last 24 hours after Moeen Ali. Both players go straight into the highest form of red-ball cricket, having spent recent weeks honing their white-ball skills in The Hundred. Continue reading...