Zak Crawley eying a spot in top three for West Indies Test series
Cricket | June 25, 2020 23:48 ISTThe 22-year-old, who has scored one fifty in the four Tests, is the third choice opener for England after Rory Burns and Dom Sibley.
The 22-year-old, who has scored one fifty in the four Tests, is the third choice opener for England after Rory Burns and Dom Sibley.
Archer did not join the team's training earlier after a member of his household fell ill. He had tested negative for COVID-19 the first time too.
ECB on Wednesday confirmed that a total of 702 COVID-19 tests were carried out between the period of June 3 and 23 with "several stakeholder groups" working at Southampton and Manchester
England's 30-member training group will be preparing for the Test series at the Ageas Bowl's bio-secure bubble, which is set to host the opening match on July 8.
During their last tour of England three years ago, West Indies were bowled out within 200 in each innings, suffering an embarrassing innings and 209-run defeat at Edgbaston.
The preparatory camp is being held ahead of England's three-match Test series against West Indies, starting July 8
The visitors have been in quarantine at Manchester’s Old Trafford cricket ground and adjoining hotel since arriving in Britain on June 9.
Gabriel, who was a key player in West Indies' impressive win at home against England two years back, was named in the reserve players' list for the series owing to is recovery from an ankle injury.
West Indies had famously beaten England during the previous series between the two sides that was played in the Caribbean Islands
The ECB in a release said that the three-Test series will honour and celebrate heroes within the cricket family to support those in need during the pandemic.
Dowrich described Barbados-born Archer as "amazing talent" but said they are pretty confident of their bowling unit.
Struggling for his form, Moeen was dropped during England's World Cup campaign last year and found himself out of the Test team too a month later
Root is slated to miss the first Test against West Indies and hence backed vice-captain Stokes to lead the side in his absence.
The 32-year-old Gabriel, who is returning from an injury, had played a major part in West Indies 2-1 over England at home in 2019.
Dan Lawrence is the part of England's 30-member training squad ahead of the Test series against West Indies.
Gabriel is in the reserves for the squad that will tour England for a three-match Test series, which will be the first since the cricket calendar grinded to a halt in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The three-match Test series between England and West Indies will begin on July 8.
ECB named a 30-man training squad who will be preparing behind closed doors to gear up for the three-match Test series against West Indies next month
The 30-year-old was dropped from the New Zealand tour late last year and featured in one Test in South Africa as a batsman but didn't do his chances any good by scoring 1 and 9 to be left out of the rest of the series.
Despite being team's key batting mainstay in the ODIs, the 26-year-old from Barbados has scored just 1498 runs in 31 Tests at an average of 27.23. He has 3289 runs at 52.2 in 78 ODIs.
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