New injury blow hits Sidebottom

Ryan Sidebottom is facing more injury misery just when he looked set to return to England's struggling one-day team in India, writes David Lloyd.

The left-arm paceman, who has been under treatment for one problem or another since mid-summer, was sent for a scan in Kanpur after complaining of a sore lower back and has been left out of a 12-man squad for tomorrow's third international.

With England so far unable to contain India's brilliant batting line-up, Sidebottom had appeared to be in pole position for a recall.

Sidebottom's Notts team-mate Graeme Swann, meanwhile, is expected to play - either as the front-line spinner or in tandem with all-rounder Samit Patel - after he was today added to the squad for the match.