LONDON: England fast bowler Jamie Overton will miss the rest of the white-ball series against the West Indies after suffering a broken finger.

Overton sustained the injury while dropping a catch from just his second delivery in England’s 238-run win in the first One-day International on Thursday.

The 31-year-old immediately sprinted to the dressing room clutching his right hand and grimacing.

After treatment, he returned to bowl five more overs, claiming career-best ODI figures of three for 22, but he is now set for a short spell on the sidelines.

“Jamie Overton has been ruled out of the remaining ODIs and the T20Is against the West Indies due to a broken right little finger,” an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement said on Saturday.

England will not draft in a replacement for the last two ODIs on Sunday at Cardiff and Tuesday at The Oval, or for the three-match T20 series, which gets under way on June 6 in Durham.

Injuries to Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson forced them out of the squad ahead of the ODI series, with Saqib Mahmood, Bry­don Carse, Matthew Potts and Luke Wood making up England’s pace options.

England confirmed they will make just one change to their starting line-up at Sop­hia Gardens, where they can seal a first ODI series win since September 2023, as Potts replaces Overton.

With the West Indies bowled out inside 27 overs for 162 in Harry Brook’s first match in full-time charge of England’s limited-overs teams, Mah­mood and Carse have been retained despite a quick turnaround.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2025