Wright passed fit for Champions Trophy

Luke Wright, the England allrounder, has been passed fit for the Champions Trophy following a toe injury that ruled him out of the last three ODIs against Australia.

Wright was struck on the toe while facing the bowling machine at Loughborough ahead of the fifth match at Trent Bridge. He required stitches and was subsequently unavailable for the rest of the series with Dimitri Mascarenhas taking his place, but will now be on the plane to South Africa on Monday.

Wright is viewed a key member of England's one-day unit, providing hard-hitting batting in the middle order and lively pace bowling at various stages of the innings.

England have already needed to draft a replacement into their 15-man squad with Graham Onions being called up in place of Andrew Flintoff.

The tournament starts on September 22 with England's first match, against Sri Lanka, on Friday.