WI vs ENG LIVE – England Squad 1st TEST: England seamer Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of the first Test against West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Robinson is still struggling with a back spasm and has not recovered in time to play the 1st Test in Antigua: Follow West Indies vs England LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
England Squad 1st TEST: Joe Root (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
WI vs ENG LIVE: Ahead of 1st test, BIG SETBACK for England, Ollie Robinson declared ‘not fully fit’ to play
England Squad 1st TEST – Ollie Robinson OUT: The uncapped Saqib Mahmood has taken Robinson’s place in a 12-man squad for the opening game in a three-match series.
Mark Wood had been feeling unwell this week, but the paceman has been included in the squad.
With James Anderson and Stuart Broad overlooked for the tour, the likes of Craig Overton and Mahmood will be determined to make their mark.
The tourists will name their PLAYING XI at the toss on Tuesday as they attempt to restore some pride following a 4-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia.
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Ollie Robinson OUT – WI vs ENG LIVE: Robinson hurt his back while bowling in England’s warm-up match against a Cricket West Indies President’s XI last week and has failed to recover in time.
Robinson picked up 11 wickets at an average of 25.54 during the recent Ashes series against Australia and Woakes knows his absence will be felt.
“Ollie is a talented bowler. Naturally he’ll be a big miss,” Woakes said.
With veteran quicks James Anderson and Stuart Broad left out of the touring party completely, it leaves England suddenly short on quality seamers for the series opener
“He’s shown in his short Test career so far that he’s certainly got the skills and the ability to do good things in the format. At the same time, it gives people opportunities.
“We’re trying to win games of cricket here, but it does give that chance to someone to potentially make their Test debut who’s been waiting in the wings for quite a while to show what they can do at this level.”
The two teams will battle it out for the newly-created Richards-Botham trophy, named after West Indies great Sir Vivian Richards and England star Sir Ian Botham.
WI vs ENG Live: The Richards-Botham trophy will be contested across three Tests in the upcoming Caribbean series that form a part of the ICC World Test Championship, and all future Test series between the two teams.
England squad for first Test: Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
England Men’s Test Tour of the Caribbean
First Test: March 8-12 in Antigua
Second Test: March 16-20 in Barbados
Third Test: March 24-28 in Grenada
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