England's fast-bowling stocks have been further depleted after Olly Stone was ruled out of the Test summer by a right knee injury.
Stone, who played two Tests last summer and was part of the winter tours to Pakistan and New Zealand, had scans earlier this week.
Subsequent surgery has sidelined the 31-year-old for 14 weeks, meaning he will miss all of England's home Tests against Zimbabwe and India.
Stone joins Mark Wood in being ruled out of the home Test summer after Wood had surgery on a knee injury, sustained at the Champions Trophy.
It means neither will play any Test cricket before the Ashes tour of Australia this winter.
Nottinghamshire's Stone has endured a stop-start England career because of injuries. He returned to Test cricket in 2024 after a three-year absence to take his total number of caps to five.
He endured discomfort on Nottinghamshire's pre-season tour of Abu Dhabi in March and will now miss almost all of the 2025 season.
England have made no secret of their preference for bowlers of high pace, particularly for the tour of Australia, where they have not won a single Test since 2011.
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