Struggling for his form, Moeen was dropped during England's World Cup campaign last year and found himself out of the Test team too a month later
Root is slated to miss the first Test against West Indies and hence backed vice-captain Stokes to lead the side in his absence.
The 32-year-old Gabriel, who is returning from an injury, had played a major part in West Indies 2-1 over England at home in 2019.
Dan Lawrence is the part of England's 30-member training squad ahead of the Test series against West Indies.
Gabriel is in the reserves for the squad that will tour England for a three-match Test series, which will be the first since the cricket calendar grinded to a halt in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The three-match Test series between England and West Indies will begin on July 8.
ECB named a 30-man training squad who will be preparing behind closed doors to gear up for the three-match Test series against West Indies next month
The 30-year-old was dropped from the New Zealand tour late last year and featured in one Test in South Africa as a batsman but didn't do his chances any good by scoring 1 and 9 to be left out of the rest of the series.
Despite being team's key batting mainstay in the ODIs, the 26-year-old from Barbados has scored just 1498 runs in 31 Tests at an average of 27.23. He has 3289 runs at 52.2 in 78 ODIs.
Holder stated they are friends off the field but when the series begins, it won't be the case. He also said that even Archer will put their friendship on the backburner and have a go at the visitors.
England pacer Chris Jordan hailed the West Indies for agreeing to tour England amid the coronavirus crisis.
The series will begin on July 3 at the Ageas Bowl and Roach reckons that the team will solely focus on defending the title which they had lifted 18 months back at home with a 2-1 win.
West Indies head coach Phil Simmons believes that the lack of home support for England could work in Windies' favour.
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels it is not safe to play cricket until the month of October.
The three-match Test series between England and West Indies, scheduled to be played next month, will mark the resumption of international cricket.
Holder said it was a time “for all of us to unite as one” and for people to get more educated about the issue of racism.
If Root had any concern pertaining to the fitness and prowess of his pacers, Broad's snorter of a delivery at the nets against him must have calmed his nerves.
A private charter collected the Windies players which is due to reach Manchester on Tuesday morning.
Root is slated to miss the Windies opener as his wife is due to give birth to their second child. In his absence, the responsibility of leading the team will go to Stokes who is presently the vice-captain of the team.
The 23-year-old has so far represented West Indies in white-ball cricket after bursting onto the scene in 2018 but he is yet to play in the traditional format, considered to be the holy grail.
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