Rodon among four Wales withdrawals for Kazakhstan

World Cup qualifier: Kazakhstan v Wales

Venue: Astana Arena, Astana Date: Thursday, 4 September Kick off: 15:00 BST

Coverage: Live on iPlayer, BBC One, S4C, BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, the BBC Sport website and app, plus live text commentary.

Joe Rodon, Nathan Broadhead, Danny Ward and Jay DaSilva have withdrawn from the Wales squad for Thursday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan in Astana.

Tom King, Rhys Norrington-Davies and Joel Colwill have been added to the group originally named by head coach Craig Bellamy.

Leeds United defender Rodon, Wrexham duo Broadhead and Ward and Coventry City's DaSilva all have injury issues.

Cardiff City midfielder Colwill gets his first senior call-up after older brother Rubin was initially summoned by Bellamy only to be ruled out by a knock he picked up in the Bluebirds' win over Plymouth Argyle last weekend.

Rodon, a key defensive figure for Wales, misses out despite playing the full 90 minutes as Leeds drew 0-0 with Newcastle United last Saturday, while left-back DaSilva played the full game as Coventry drew at Oxford.

Forward Broadhead was unavailable for Wrexham's weekend win at Millwall with a calf problem, while goalkeeper Ward was expected to miss out on Wales duty after being carried off during that game.

Wales were already without Leeds' Ethan Ampadu and Burnley full-back Connor Roberts for this camp through injury, while captain Aaron Ramsey was not called up having played little club football.

Joel Colwill is involved having made eight Cardiff appearances this season, with Bellamy acknowledging last week that the 20-year-old was close to breaking into his squad.

Rubin Colwill, 23, has been in fine form for Brian Barry-Murphy's team, scoring four times in eight games this term.

The attacking midfielder played 90 minutes - and found the target - against Plymouth, but had to pull out of international contention after picking up an injury in that game.

Wales are second in Group J on the back of their only defeat from their four games in this qualifying campaign, a 4-3 loss in Belgium in June.

They are a point behind North Macedonia, who won 1-0 in Kazakhstan, while Belgium are third, three points further back but with two games in hand.

After playing Kazakhstan, Wales face Canada in a friendly in Swansea on Tuesday, 9 September.