England’s ace fast bowler Stuart Broad has been ruled out of the remainder of the India Test series with a torn calf injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday (August 11).

He suffered the injury warming-up on Tuesday ahead of a training session at Lord's, where the second match of the series starts Thursday, ahead of what would have been his 150th Test. Broad, who had played in the first Test in Trent Bridge, underwent a scan that revealed a tear.

Broad has 524 Test wickets making him England's most successful Test bowler behind his new-ball partner James Anderson. Anderson himself is struggling to be fit for the second Test following a thigh problem.

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"England seamer Stuart Broad has sustained a tear to his right calf and has been ruled out of the Test series against India," said an ECB statement.

Also, the ECB announced that Saqib Mahmood, uncapped at Test level but who has played seven one-day internationals and nine Twenty20s, had been called up as cover for Broad. Mahmood will now compete for a place in England pace attack along with Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Craig Overton, and all-rounder Sam Curran

(AFP inputs)