Ashes 2021-22: COVID-19 cases in support staff have led to anxiety in England side, says Root
Cricket | January 12, 2022 14:50 ISTThe embattled skipper added that he was relieved that the crisis "got resolved quickly" and the tour could proceed.
The embattled skipper added that he was relieved that the crisis "got resolved quickly" and the tour could proceed.
Broad, who has snared 526 Test wickets for England in 150 games, only featured in the Adelaide match, missing out on the opening and Boxing Day Tests.
Root and Silverwood have faced sharp criticism following England's dismal show in the ongoing Ashes series, which the visitors trail 0-3.
A statement issued by Cricket Australia said that Hockley, who is fully vaccinated, had developed mild symptoms and a PCR test revealed he was COVID-19 positive.
Australia have already retained the Ashes by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Silverwood was due to miss the fourth Test against England starting in Sydney on Wednesday after he was forced into isolation when a family member tested positive for COVID-19.
The visitors are 3-0 down in the 5 match series and Crawley believes winning the final two games will go a long way to restoring some pride for the English side.
Having already conceded the series after three successive defeats, England suffered the latest blow just hours after the tourists planned to draft former one-day captain Adam Hollioake into the team's coaching staff, stated media reports here.
Head is asymptomatic and will remain in Melbourne with his partner for seven days as per the Victorian government's health requirements.
England lost the third test, and with it the series, as Australia took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match Ashes.
With Hazlewood on his way to peak fitness, Australia will have six in-form pace bowlers and one spinner to pick their squad and the selectors will have some "hard conversations" when they sit down to pick the squad. Skipper Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jhye Richardson, Scott Boland, and Michael Neser are the pacers on the selectors' list for the next Test.
England's Ashes hopes went up in smoke after Australia retained the Urn with an innings and 14-run win in just two days and a session in the Boxing Day Test here on Tuesday.
Cummins' statement came three days after Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley refrained from commenting on the issue of Langer's contract extension.
Trailing by 82 runs on the first innings of the third test, England resumed on Tuesday’s third day of play on 31-4 and was bowled out for 68, losing by an innings and 14 runs.
England were bundled out for 68 in their second innings on day 3 as Australia notched up an innings and 14 runs win in the third Test to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-Test Ashes series.
At lunch on Sunday’s first day of play, Boland received some friendly advice from Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald to add speed to his run-up.
The massive victory means Australia retains the Ashes, with a 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Ashes 2021-22, Australia vs England 3rd Test, Day 3 Live Score: Follow all live updates, latest scorecard and commentary of AUS vs ENG third Test from the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Before play even began Monday. Cricket Australia called for calm after a COVID-19 scare involving two members of England’s support staff resulted in a delay to the start of the second day of play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Ponting also slammed England skipper Joe Root, Stokes and Jos Buttler for the manner of their dismissals in the first innings of the Boxing Day Test which the two-time World Cup winning captain believes was "inexcusable".
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