Following hot on the heels of Emil Kramer’s absence from the Somerset ‘Sharp’ Rebels line up this weekend due to injury, the Rebels have now been further hit by the news that Simon Walker will also sidelined having aggregated the back injury that caused the Somerset captain to miss the team’s last three Premier League matches.

Walker joins Kramer in missing Somerset’s vital Premier League matches at home to King’s Lynn on Friday and away at Stoke on Sunday, as well as the Premier League Four Team Championship at Workington on Saturday.

With Walker now also absent from the team, it will mean that the Rebels can continue to utilise the rider replacement facility to cover for Kramer, but will be able to use a guest rider as replacement in place for Walker, who is currently holds a riding average of 6.69 points per match.  Additionally, as a contingency, Jay Herne will be used as the number 8 rider against both King’s Lynn and Stoke, he being eligible to take any of Kramer’s rider replacement rides in case of need.

As yet Somerset have yet to announce the guest(s) that will be used in place of Walker, but can confirm that his place at number four in the Rebels quartet for the Four Team Championship at Workington will now  be filled by Brent Werner.