Worcestershire duo to miss rest of season

Teenage spinner Josh Baker has suffered a stress reaction in his lower back, while Charlie Morris is to undergo knee surgery

Worcestershire duo Josh Baker and Charlie Morris will miss the remainder of the season through injury.

Teenage spinner Baker has suffered a stress reaction in his lower back, while Morris is to undergo knee surgery.

Baker, 19, has picked up 23 County Championship wickets this summer, two more than Morris, who has claimed 21 in eight games.

They are the long-term absentees within an injury-hit squad, further depleted by the absences of several players – including club captain Brett D'Oliveira – to The Hundred.

Ed Barnard, in his final months with the county ahead of his move to Warwickshire, is currently playing only as a batter after splitting his right index finger.

^{Charlie Morris will miss the rest of the season (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)}

Kashif Ali, the highly rated batter who recently signed a two-year deal after arriving via the South Asian Cricket Academy, is missing with a broken thumb.

Seamers Ben Gibbon and Josh Tongue are also missing with fitness concerns: Gibbon is having a knee problem assessed, with Tongue progressing moving gradually closer to a return after a lengthy spell out. He hasn't turned out for Worcestershire since last June but has been playing club cricket as he gears towards a comeback.

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