England captain Joe Root will miss subsequent week’s first Check in opposition to the West Indies, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Tuesday. Joe Root will go away the coaching camp on the Ageas Bowl on Wednesday to be along with his spouse Carrie, who’s anticipating the couple’s second baby later this week. The skipper will miss England’s three-day intra-squad warm-up match beginning on Wednesday and subsequent week’s first Check, additionally being staged at Hampshire’s headquarters, which begins on July eight.
Root’s absence had been extensively anticipated.
Underneath well being protocols for the bio-secure sequence, Root will start a seven-day self-isolation interval at dwelling as soon as he leaves hospital along with his household, in a measure designed to fight the unfold of the coronavirus.
England hope to have the Yorkshire batsman again with their squad for the second Check at Emirates Previous Trafford, which begins on July 16.
The Manchester floor can be the venue for the third and ultimate match of the sequence, which is going down behind closed doorways.
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Vice-captain Ben Stokes will lead England for the first time in Southampton.
Jos Buttler will take over as vice-captain for the opening match of the sequence, which marks the return of main worldwide cricket from lockdown.
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