ICC Champions Trophy 2017: 5 possible replacements for Chris Woakes

#3 Harry Gurney

Gurney has amassed 17 wickets in six games for Nottinghamshire

Harry Gurney last represented England in 2014, and has since toiled hard in the domestic circuit to stage a comeback into the national team. He was selected in the England squad for the World T20 in 2014, held in Bangladesh, but didn’t get a game.

However, three years down the line, Woakes’ injury might just open the door for the left arm pacer from Nottingham. Left-arm pacers are always difficult prospects for the opposition and Gurney might just give England an X-factor.

In the current First Class season, he has amassed 17 wickets in six games at a healthy strike rate and decent average. In the Royal London Cup, he has been a touch expensive, but still amongst the wickets.