Former England captain Nasser Hussain too had expressed sympathy with England cricketers saying that his country's cricketers were facing flak for no reason.
Sam, who is presently in the UAE for the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, complained of a back issue ahead of the start of Chennai Super Kings' match against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday
England's eight of the 15 players, who are in their T20 World cup, are currently playing in the IPL.
Eoin Morgan and Co. will play the Netherlands on June 17, 19, and 22 at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen.
The 34-year-old Ali, a spin bowling all-rounder, announced retirement from the longest format of the game on Monday.
The 34-year-old all-rounder, who played 60-odd Test matches since his debut seven years ago, has reportedly taken the call with a prolonged T20 World Cup and Ashes assignments right after the IPL 2021.
England's seasoned all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from Test cricket to prolong his career in the white-ball formats, confirmed England and Wales Cricket Board.
Vaughan also said if players prioritise the Ashes over the men's T20 World Cup, it will send a strong message about the importance of Test cricket.
In a scathing assessment of ECB's decision, Atherton said it was worse than India's recent withdrawal from the Manchester Test.
England withdrew from the proposed tour of Pakistan by its men's and women's teams in October.
The decision taken by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Monday came three days after New Zealand Cricket abandoned its men's team's limited-overs tour of Pakistan following a government alert that warned of a possible attack outside Rawalpindi Stadium.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) then said that they will decide on whether next month's tour of Pakistan can go ahead in the next 48 hours.
Woakes, who plays for the Delhi Capitals in the IPL, pulled out of the IPL along with compatriots Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan.
Paine, 37, exuded confidence of regaining full fitness to lead the Test side in this summer's Ashes.
It may depend on whether the various broadcasters, who paid 25 million pounds for the rights to the Old Trafford Test, would be willing to settle for two evenings' cricket rather than five full days.
The wicket at The Oval aided the pacers early on before becoming a batting beauty. On day five, Indian bowlers still managed to get enough out of it for a famous win.
Stokes, who has struggled with a finger injury throughout the summer, recently played for the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred.
The final Test of the five-Test series will be played at the Emirates Old Trafford on Friday.
India went on to make 466 in their second effort to set England a stiff 368-run target and scripted a sensational 157-run victory on the back of their stupendous attack.
Vaughan feels that England lacked a pace bowler of the calibre of Jasprit Bumrah and the home team's woes were compounded by an extremely ordinary fielding display.
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