England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced on Thursday that the choice on the graduation of the primary Test between England and Pakistan is not going to be delayed and each boards have agreed to begin the match as per schedule from Thursday after the outbreak of viral an infection in Three Lions’ camp. England indicated that they are able to subject a enjoying XI in Rawalpindi towards Pakistan within the opening Test. “The ECB has informed the PCB that they are in a position to field an XI, and, as such, the first Test will commence as per schedule today (Thursday, 1 December) at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,” ECB mentioned in a tweet.
The ECB has knowledgeable the PCB that they’re able to subject an XI, and, as such, the primary Test will start as per schedule right this moment (Thursday, 1 December) on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/baafQaEWbF
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 1, 2022
On the eve of their first Test in Pakistan, England’s squad had been in disarray as 13 to 14 workers members, together with half of the 16-man enjoying squad, fell unwell on Wednesday.
As per ESPNcricinfo, the issue is believed to be a virus or bug reasonably than meals poisoning, and England is taking further precautions with their weight loss plan because of a chef named Omar Meziane who has accompanied the group on this tour. To cut back the chance of the virus spreading, some gamers had been instructed to stay of their rooms on Tuesday after reporting feeling unwell.
As reported by Espncricinfo, an ECB spokesperson confirmed that the diseases weren’t COVID-19 associated. There is an opportunity the virus will go away in a day, however for the reason that first of the three matches within the sequence begins on Thursday in Rawalpindi, England’s possibilities of getting off to a very good begin have been considerably diminished.
Only Root, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Harry Brook, and Keaton Jennings participated within the Wednesday coaching session on the venue, which was optionally available previous to the bug’s unfold. The different gamers listed within the beginning XI had been absent.
The outbreak has taken place on the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, the place each groups England and Pakistan have been staying. This shouldn’t be the primary time that England has been unwell originally of a tour. An analogous bug affected the group previous to and through their Boxing Day Test in Pretoria on the 2019-20 South African tour.
Rawalpindi will host the primary Test (1-5 December) earlier than the motion strikes to Karachi (9-13 December) and Multan (17-21 December) for the next video games.
England XI vs Pakistan:Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (w), Liam Livingstone, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson and Jimmy Anderson.
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