In-form England pacer Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of the first Test against the West Indies at Antigua’s Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Tuesday after the 28-year-old suffered a back injury while bowling in a practice match. There was a back injury. Cricket West Indies President’s XI last week.
It is a major setback for the Joe Root-led England side, which are rebuilding after a recent 0-4 Ashes debacle in Australia and opening the three-match series without the services of fast bowling legend Jimmy Anderson. Will pass the test. and Stuart Broad.
Robinson has reportedly failed to recover from an injury in time to be included in the 12-man squad for the opening Test starting Tuesday.
The England Test team is touring the Caribbean without interim coaches Paul Collingwood and Broad and Anderson, who were not considered for the series by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Fast bowlers Mark Wood and Chris Woakes are on course, while fellow pacers Craig Overton and uncapped Shakib Mahmood are likely to compete with spinner Jack Leach for the last two bowling spots.
Robinson took 11 wickets at an average of 25.54 during the Ashes series and Woakes knows he will be missed.
“Oli is a talented bowler. Naturally that would be a big omission,” Woakes was quoted as saying by the ICC.
“He has shown in his short Test career so far that he definitely has the skills and the ability to do good things in the format. Also it gives opportunities to people. We try to win games of cricket here,” he said. But it also gives a chance to potentially make their Test debut for someone who has been waiting a long time to show what they can do at this stage.”
The two teams will face off for the newly-created Richards-Botham Trophy, named after West Indies great Sir Vivian Richards and England star Sir Ian Botham.
The Richards-Botham Trophy will be contested over three Tests in the upcoming Caribbean series which is a part of the ICC World Test Championship, and all future Test series between the two teams.
England squad for 1st Test: Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Jack Crowley, Ben Fox, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Alex Liege, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
the schedule
- First Test: March 8-12 in Antigua
- Second Test: March 16-20 in Barbados
- Third Test: March 24-28 in Granada.
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