Cricket: Injured James Anderson will fly out for Ashes
The ECB statement added that the Lancashire seamer would fly out with the rest of the squad on 29 October.
It continued: "It is anticipated that he will be fit and available for selection for the first Test against Australia in Brisbane."
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Hide AdThe ECB have not yet named a replacement but Yorkshire's Ajmal Shahzad - considered unlucky by some not to make the original party - is next in line.
There was another piece of disappointing news for England with Kevin Pietersen's struggles continuing as he managed just a two-ball duck for Dolphins against the Titans in South Africa.