Jason Roy appears to have survived an injury scare after being taken from the field with pain in his left hand during England's only one-day warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI.
Four days out from the series-opening ODI against Australia in Melbourne, Roy hurt his left hand when he dropped a sharp chance at gully off Jake Carder in the 15th over.
The explosive top-order batsman left Sydney's Drummoyne Oval and had his finger strapped, but returned to the field around 30 minutes later while still appearing to be in some discomfort.
Roy's setback ahead of the five-match series comes as English star Joe Root battles to recover from illness to play in Sunday's match.
Root isn't playing against the CA XI, but is with the English team. He visited hospital briefly on Sunday's last day of the Sydney Test, retiring hurt twice.
It follows a frustrating trend for the visitors this summer, who also had a number of injury woes before the start of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
Quick Steve Finn hurt his knee in training after arriving in Australia and was ruled out for the series, while pace-bowling counterpart Jake Ball also injured his ankle in a warm-up match.
Offspinning allrounder Moeen Ali's preparations for the Test series were also impacted when he suffered a side strain at the start of the tour.
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