Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: England’s cricket team captain Ben Stokes and other important players have fallen ill ahead of the first Test match to be played in Rawalpindi on Thursday (tomorrow).
According to the sources, the symptoms of the players affected by the fever flu virus are similar to Covid-19 due to which the players have been confined to their rooms. Last night the England captain and players attended the British High Commissioner’s dinner.
When contacted, Danny Ruban Head of Team Communications of the English team said,’ “It’s a viral/bug with symptoms related to that”.
Earlier, today morning several players and staff members, including England captain Ben Stokes, were feeling unwell and they have been advised to stay at the hotel. Today, as per schedule,e the Pakistan and England captains – Babar Azam and Ben Stokes were supposed to unveil the trophy at 12:30 pm followed by a media conference that has been postponed. The first match of the three-Test series between Pakistan and England is scheduled for December 1 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.
England team
Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Joe Root, James Anderson, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Rehan Ahmed, Will Jacks, Keaton Jennings, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood.
England Management Pakistan Test Series are; Head Coach: Brendon McCullum, Assistant Coach: Paul Collingwood, Assistant Coach: Jeetan Patel, Assistant Coach: Marcus Trescothick, Team Operations Manager: Wayne Bentley, Head of Team Communications: Danny Reuben, Analyst: Rupert Lewis, Strength & Conditioning: Peter Sim, Physio: Steve Griffin, Doctor: Anita Biswas, Massage Therapist: Mark Saxby, Security: Will Carr & Yass Ali, Digital Content: Greg Stobart.
