England Women's spinner Kirstie Gordon suffers stress fracture

The 21-year-old was a regular for England during the ICC Women's World T20 as they finished runners-up, and was their leading wicket-taker.

Slow left-arm spinner Kirstie Gordon has been ruled out injured about scans showed that he has suffered a stress fracture in her lower back.

The 21-year-old was a regular for England during the ICC Women's World T20 as they finished runners-up, and was their leading wicket-taker.

She was also the leading wicket-taker in both the Royal London Women's County Championship and the Kia Super League.

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She sits at 116 in the Women's T20 Player Index having taken 25 wickets over the past three years, with a very impressive economy rate of 44.74 per cent, which has contributed to her having a win percentage of 62.5.

England Women's head coach said: "Kirstie has had a great start to her international career so this is obviously a set-back for her but hopefully the time out will allow her to come back fitter and stronger."