Atkinson misses Hundred final as ECB takes no risks

England accelerated bowler Gus Atkinson will miss nan last of The Hundred to guarantee he is caller for adjacent week's first Test against Sri Lanka.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) decided to make nan 26-year-old unavailable for Oval Invincibles, who won nan group shape of nan men's tourney to suffice for Sunday's showpiece lucifer astatine Lord's.

Atkinson was named subordinate of nan bid successful England's caller 3-0 Test bid triumph complete West Indies pinch 22 wickets astatine 16.22 - including 7-45 connected his debut successful nan first Test.

Earlier this week England skipper Ben Stokes was ruled retired for nan remainder of nan summer aft tearing his hamstring playing successful The Hundred for Northern Superchargers.

With England group to sanction a four-man bowling onslaught against Sri Lanka, nan ECB elected not to return immoderate risks pinch Atkinson successful nan lead-up to nan match.

Atkinson bowled 88.5 overs successful nan bid against West Indies - 10 much than Chris Woakes and complete 30 much than Mark Wood, nan adjacent England bowler connected nan list.

Woakes, Wood, Matthew Potts and Olly Stone are nan different accelerated bowlers successful England's squad to look Sri Lanka, pinch spinner Shoaib Bashir besides selected.

Surrey speedy bowler Atkinson has played conscionable erstwhile for nan Invincibles successful this year's version of The Hundred.

He bowled 10 balls for 28 runs and went wicketless successful a six-wicket conclusion by Trent Rockets connected Wednesday.

England big Sri Lanka successful nan first Test astatine Emirates Old Trafford from 21-25 August, followed by matches astatine Lord's and nan Kia Oval.

England batters Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett, besides successful nan squad to look Sri Lanka, are group to play for Birmingham Phoenix successful nan Eliminator astatine nan Oval connected Saturday.

Southern Brave's Jofra Archer is besides connected people to play successful that lucifer and Sunday's last if his squad make it through.

Archer's fittingness continues to beryllium cautiously managed by nan ECB, who rested him for 2 of Brave's group games earlier successful nan tournament.

The 29-year-old has been hampered by backmost and elbow injuries complete nan past 3 years but hopes person been raised that specified problems could yet beryllium down him.

Batter Jordan Cox, who is poised to make his Test debut successful spot of Stokes astatine Old Trafford, is expected to characteristic successful Sunday's last for nan Invincibles.

Both nan men's and women's finals connected Sunday are unrecorded connected BBC Two and nan BBC iPlayer. The sum starts astatine 14:00 BST and runs until 21:30.

The women's Eliminator betwixt two-time winners Oval Invincibles and London Spirit is besides unrecorded connected BBC Two and iPlayer connected Saturday.

There will beryllium ball-by-ball power commentary connected each 4 games connected BBC Sounds, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and nan BBC Sport website and app, truthful you tin perceive whether you're astatine location aliases connected nan move.

The website and app will besides person unrecorded matter commentary pinch in-play video clips of each nan champion moments.