England’s injury concerns continued with the summer’s one-day cricket approaching after Sam Billings sustained a shoulder problem fielding for Kent. He was forced off the field after hurting himself diving to stop the ball during the second over of the rain-affected Royal London One-Day Cup match against Glamorgan in Cardiff.

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The batsman was making his first appearance for Kent since returning from the Indian Premier League. After Glamorgan won the toss he left the field at the end of the first over. The county confirmed he had dislocated his left shoulder and that he will have a scan on Friday.

Glamorgan and Kent earned their first points in the One-Day Cup after the match was abandoned shortly before 5pm.

Of Billings’s setback the Kent head coach, Matt Walker, said: “It’s another injury. You have to laugh about these things or you’d cry. It’s becoming an extraordinary situation we find ourselves in. I think that’s 10 injuries in the last 14 days, or unavailability due to illness or injury, so at the moment we’re a little bit cursed by these things.”

Billings was not named in England’s preliminary 15-man squad for the World Cup but was included in the team to take on Ireland in an ODI on 3 May. England are already waiting to hear news on Jason Roy, Tom Curran and Joe Denly, who were all included in the World Cup party.

Roy and Curran missed Surrey’s game against Middlesex on Thursday, while Denly – another IPL returnee – injured his back on his return to Kent on Tuesday. Roy sustained a back spasm while batting against Essex, leaving him unable to field, while the all-rounder Curran was ruled out of Tuesday’s win because of a calf complaint.

The cumulative knocks could be a worry for England, with Alex Hales missing Nottinghamshire’s opening fixtures in the One-Day Cup for personal reasons. While the batsman’s World Cup is reported not to be in doubt, the fitness of the pace bowlers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood may need managing in a hectic next few months because of longstanding injuries.

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Woakes insisted this month that he had “turned a corner” following a couple of injections to his troublesome right knee but Wood’s absences for Durham have increased concerns over his left ankle, which has been operated on three times.

Helm and Sowter spearhead Middlesex to third win

Middlesex picked up their third win out of four in the One-Day Cup with a 37-run victory over an injury-hit Surrey at the Kia Oval.

A half-century on debut from Ross Taylor before a ninth-wicket stand of 66 between Toby Roland-Jones and Nathan Sowter lifted Middlesex to 277 after winning the toss.

Despite 71 by Ben Foakes, Surrey were bowled out for 240, with the seamer Tom Helm and the leg-spinner Sowter spearheading an excellent effort by Middlesex’s bowlers with four wickets apiece.

A third defeat in four South Group games has left Surrey struggling to reach the knockout stages, although there were mitigating circumstances.

Their absentees included Roy (back spasms), Rikki Clarke (dislocated finger), Tom Curran (calf), Ollie Pope (dislocated shoulder) and Sam Curran, who is still at the IPL. Eoin Morgan was missing for Middlesex because of sore shins but will join the England squad in Cardiff this weekend for a pre-World Cup training camp.