"Steven Finn injury will dent our Ashes hopes" - Australia coach

The injury to Steven Finn is a huge blow to Australia's chances of regaining the Ashes according to their head coach Darren Lehmann.

Steven Finn was ruled out of the Ashes with a knee injury yesterday, causing Lehmann to rue his luck. Lehmann said, "Finny is known as a wicket taker but it's the 50-runs each wicket goes for that we're really going to miss".

But Lehmann acknowledged it wasn't all bad news, "At least we won't have to contend with Stokes smacking us round the park...it's good he won't be playing cricket either".