David Wright, third baseman for the New York Mets, was recently diagnosed by his physicians with left sided intercostal muscle strain, after he was complaining of a sore back last week while at the World Baseball Classic.

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England are already without Tim Bresnan , who returned early with a calf strain, although Stuart Broad is back in the squad after missing three Ashes Tests with a stomach muscle injury.

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