England bowler Brydon Carse has been ruled out of the rest of the Champions Trophy and will be replaced in the squad by leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed.

Carse, 29, has been struggling with cuts on a toe on his left foot and the issue reoccurred in Saturday’s defeat by Australia.

He had trouble with the injury and returned figures of 1-69 from seven overs.

Ahmed is expected to arrive in Pakistan on Wednesday, the day of England’s next match against Afghanistan, meaning that Jamie Overton would be the most like-for-like replacement for Carse.

Gus Atkinson and Saqib Mahmood are the other seam options in the squad while Ahmed, 20, gives England a second frontline spin option, in addition to Adil Rashid, for Saturday’s match against South Africa.

England pace trio of Carse, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood took 3-226 across 26.3 overs against Australia.

Ahmed has taken 10 wickets in six one-day internationals at an average of 23.3, and took a five-wicket haul on his Test debut in Pakistan in 2022 as England’s youngest men’s debutant.

After losing their opener, England will likely need to win both their remaining games to reach the semi-finals.