England all-rounder Sam Curran is set to undergo surgery for a groin injury, putting his hopes of returning to Test cricket on hold. Multiple outlets report the procedure is the next step in his treatment.
The injury also affects his availability for the rest of the English summer. BBC Sport adds that the surgery effectively rules Curran out of the remainder of the season, bringing to an end any expectation of a comeback before the end of this period. Sky Sports and Sky News similarly note that his potential return to Tests is delayed rather than immediately possible.
While the outlets align on the key point that surgery is required and a Test return is paused or ended, they differ slightly in emphasis. Sky sources focus on the return being put on hold, whereas BBC frames the outcome as ruling him out of the rest of the English summer.
