Graham Onions to miss Ashes defence

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Graham Onions will miss England’s Ashes defence in Australia in 2010/11 due to an ongoing back injury. The ECB have announced that Onions will undergo surgery next week in a bid to overcome the back injury, and as a result the seamer is expected to miss about nine months of cricket as he completes his recovery. Read more at http://blogs.bettor.com/Graham-Onions-out-for-Ashes-a25068.