England captain Joe Root stated that he is confident of the team being able to do nicely in South Africa no matter the variety of absences cropping up earlier than the start of the series. The first Test starts on Thursday at the Centurion and England are missing many of their biggest stars due to illness.
Fast bowlers Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, Chris Woakes and spinner Jack Leach have all shriveled a flu-like illness which is spreading in the team. Despite Archer, Broad, and Leach being quarantined, Woakes in some waygotten smaller the virus.
Additionally, all-rounder Ben Stokes' availability in the first Test is also in doubt due to his father Gerard Stokes being hospitalized in Johannesburg.
"It's been pretty irritating in many ways, but we have to deal with it," Joe Root informedjournalists in advance of the first Test. "We have to get on with it and make positive that the guys that are chosen are equipped to go."
Root believes that the players who have been called in as replacements will be "desperate to prove a point." Pacer Craig Overton has been referred to as in along with off-spinner Dom Bess.
"We are very lucky that we have got a large squad out right here and a number of players in a virtuallytrue location and prepared to go," he said.
"It's vital we use these next two days to make certain everyone is in the first-ratepossiblelocation to go and win this game. We have got some very competitiveplayers who will be determined to show a point if given the opportunity."
Root believes that the players who have been called in as replacements will be "desperate to prove a point." Pacer Craig Overton has been referred to as in along with off-spinner Dom Bess.
"We are very lucky that we have got a large squad out right here and a number of players in a virtuallytrue location and prepared to go," he said.
"It's vital we use these next two days to make certain everyone is in the first-ratepossiblelocation to go and win this game. We have got some very competitiveplayers who will be determined to show a point if given the opportunity."
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