Lancs Confused By 'bizarre' Injury Replacement Call

The County Championship's wounded replacement rules were questioned again arsenic Lancashire's petition to switch seamer Ajeet Singh Dale pinch Tom Bailey was denied.

Singh Dale was bowling his 2nd complete of nan time against Gloucestershire, his erstwhile club, erstwhile he pulled up pinch a hamstring injury.

Lancashire caput coach Steven Croft said they asked for Bailey, besides a right-arm accelerated bowler and who was already successful nan matchday squad, to play successful his spot but this was turned down connected nan ground of Bailey's superior experience.

Ollie Sutton, an all-rounder who bowls left-arm seam, has been called up from Lancashire's 2nd squad instead.

"In our eyes, Tom is deemed to beryllium a like-for-like replacement," Croft told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"It's not for illustration personification is coming successful and bowling 10mph quicker. Instead, we've had to telephone up a left-arm seaming all-rounder and that doesn't beryllium correct pinch america really.

"I don't cognize really it's travel to that conclusion but we've sewage to ace connected pinch it.

"I deliberation it was based connected stats and experience, but nary of that was stipulated to america erstwhile nan regulations came out."

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has declined to comment.