Ambrose to replace new dad Prior

_{Hugh Morris tells ECBtv that Tim Ambrose will replace new dad Matt Prior}

England will have to make multiple changes to their fourth Test team after Matt Prior returned home today following the birth of his first child.

Already required to make one alteration due to Andrew Flintoff’s hip injury, England must now consider how to cover two places in the middle-order.

Deputy gloveman Tim Ambrose is now guaranteed to feature at the Kensington Oval for the penultimate match of the series, which starts on Thursday.

Prior returned home this morning after wife Emily gave birth to a boy, their first child, last night.

Prior had already announced his intention to fly home early should the baby arrive prematurely - he was scheduled to temporarily quit the tour on the expected arrival date of March 2 - and was en route to the UK today after receiving the news at 4.30am.

England trail 1-0 in the series with two matches to play in Barbados and Trinidad.