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England World Cup hopeful Billings suffers injury blow

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England Cricket World Cup hopeful Sam Billings suffered a dislocated shoulder in Kent's One-Day Cup match with Glamorgan on Thursday. 

Making his first county appearance of the season, the batsman sustained the injury while fielding during the second over in Cardiff.

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Billings dived to stop the ball and put his shoulder out before receiving treatment for several minutes, during which time he was given oxygen.

Kent confirmed the 27-year-old, who was not named in his country's provisional 15-man squad for the World Cup but is a likely reserve, had his shoulder relocated in hospital before returning to Sophia Gardens.

Billings, who had been included for the ODI with Ireland on May 3, will see a specialist and undergo scans on Friday.

His brief outing with Kent on Thursday came following his return from Indian Premier League duty with Chennai Super Kings.

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