Jos Buttler faces a spell on the sidelines after fracturing his thumb in Lancashires NatWest T20 Blast match against Worcestershire on Friday.Buttler suffered the injury while keeping and though he was able to bat and crunched 57 off 22 balls, subsequent x-rays confirmed the damage, but he does not require an operation which would have led to a lengthier period out.A Lancashire statement said: Jos Buttler received a blow to his left thumb during Friday nights T20...X-rays later revealed he sustained a small stable fracture which will be managed conservatively.No specific timeline for the recovery was stated but the indications are that he could be fit for the one-day series against Pakistan which starts on August 24 although it may be touch-and-go for him to keep wicket. If he wasnt able to take the gloves, Jonny Bairstow or Sam Billings would step in.The injury also raises the question of who would be the next in line for the gloves in Test cricket should Bairstow suffer an injury over the next few weeks.Billings is the England Lions wicketkeeper while Surreys Ben Foakes would be another option unless England changed tact and selected a more refined gloveman, who was perhaps a lesser batsman, knowing they have a deep batting order.The injury is a blow to Lancashires T20 Blast ambitions, as they aim to secure a place in the quarter-finals in a bid to defend their title, and hopes of progressing in the Royal London Cup. They are currently fifth in the North Group in the Blast and second bottom in the Royal London Cup, although just three points behind the leaders.Buttler was Man of the Match in the final ODI against Sri Lanka in Cardiff and in the T20I at the Ageas Bowl. In the latter of those matches, he opened the batting, making a career-best 73 off 49 balls, and it was the same position he occupied for Lancashire against Worcestershire.Trevor Bayliss, the England coach, had raised the possibility of Buttler playing as a specialist batsman in the Test side even though he has not played first-class cricket since being dropped from the format last October.However, the selectors decided he needed time back in red-ball cricket but now he faces a longer wait for that chance. Before the injury, he potentially had three Championship matches - against Durham, Hampshire and Yorkshire - to reacquaint himself with the format before England resumed one-day cricket later in August. Jorge Soler Jersey . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. Danny Duffy Jersey . 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Samir Nasri scored for City on his return to the starting line-up Pellegrini told Sky Sports: It was very important because as I said before the game, this weekend all the other teams involved with us play between them.We knew before the game it would be difficult because West Brom always defend very well. Starting 1-0 behind was more difficult.Im very happy [for Nasri] because hes had a long injury and has been very unlucky all season. We know that when he plays with technical players like Yaya [Toure], Kevin [De Bruyne], Kun [Aguero], David [Silva], our team changes. Sergio Aguero equalised in the first half from the penalty spot I put players in that are very technical players and they started playing together and of course the play of the team changed absolutely.ddddddddddddCity host PSG in the Champions League quarter-final second leg on Tuesday with the scores at 2-2, and Chilean Pellegrini gave an update on some of his key players. 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