“When it first happened the scan results were slightly worrying but he has recovered quite quickly from it.
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While his place as Cook’s opening partner in Test cricket is expected to go to Lancashire’s 19-year-old opener Haseeb Hameed for both Bangladesh and India, Hales can have no such fears over his one-day berth only Joe Root has scored more than his 1,132 runs since the 2015 World Cup, while he broke the 23-year-old England record ODI score when scoring 171 against Pakistan at Trent Bridge last month.īuttler, before his thoughts turn to the one-day captaincy, will on Monday play his first red-ball match since October last year when Lancashire host the Division One leaders, Middlesex, at Old Trafford, with England considering him for their winter Test party as the back-up to incumbent wicketkeeper, Jonny Bairstow, and the middler-order batsmen.The Guardian understands in last week’s selection meeting both the captain and coach pushed for their record wicket-taker to be part of the squad for the series opener, with the player himself, who has since bowled on both practice days, confident he could perform following the detection of a slight stress fracture to his right shoulder blade a month ago.īayliss, one of the four selectors, is known to back senior players on knowledge of their own capabilities but the rest of the panel – James Whitaker, Angus Fraser and Mick Newell – stood firm on their decision to give the 33-year-old Anderson an extra week of recovery before the second Test at his home ground, Old Trafford, next week.Ĭook, speaking after England trained on Wednesday, talked up the wicket-taking abilities of the uncapped Ball – the Nottinghamshire right-armer will open the bowling with Stuart Broad – but made a point of stating the selectors, not he, were behind the call. No one should be making throwaway comments about it being ridiculous if people don’t tour.”įor Hales the call halts a Test career that began in South Africa last December but, bar a strong showing in the early summer series with Sri Lanka where he scored three half-centuries, has disappointed with an average of 27.28 from his 11 caps. It’s entirely up to the individual and the ECB has said that all along. Writing in his Mail on Sunday column about how team-mates would likely react, the Test seamer Stuart Broad said: “I know there won’t be any questions. It remains to be seen whether his authority will be affected long term.Įngland have made significant strides in limited-overs cricket over the past 18 months under him, reaching the final of the World Twenty20 in April, and there has been no indication of an issue among the team over the past two weeks despite his deliberation on the subject. Morgan, who first voiced concerns four days after the 1 July attack, has received greater attention than Hales owing to his status as captain. We will continue to monitor the situation in Bangladesh, take advice and consider the appropriate steps up to and throughout the five weeks we are on tour.” “As with all England tours, the safety and security of players and staff is of the utmost importance. Final selection for the Bangladesh tour will take place on Friday. We have had open and honest conversations with all the players about the security arrangements and we are not expecting any other individuals to withdraw. Strauss, in an ECB statement, said: “Whilst we understand and respect Eoin’s and Alex’s decision, we are disappointed they have made themselves unavailable for selection for the Bangladesh tour. Morgan will then, in theory, return to lead the limited-overs sides against India in January. England’s one-day side will be led by the vice-captain, Jos Buttler, for the three-match series that begins on 7 October before the Test captain, Alastair Cook, takes over for the remainder of the tour that leads to two months in India before Christmas.
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