The shadows of James Anderson and Stuart Broad loomed giant over the third morning of England’s Check warmup for the West Indies collection after Mark Wooden and Ollie Robinson had been briefly withdrawn from the match due to health considerations.
With solely 5 days to go earlier than the collection opener, the vacationers had been compelled to proceed their solely apply sport in Antigua with out two members of the first-choice XI. Having controversially omitted Anderson and Broad, the 2 main wicket-takers in England’s Check historical past, damage worries within the bowling ranks had been the very last thing the vacationers could have wished.
Wooden, the standout fast throughout a dismal Ashes marketing campaign, has but to play any half towards a CWI President’s XI and didn’t journey to the bottom on day three having felt unwell over the previous 48 hours. Even when he does rally to play some half, he’ll accomplish that with a vastly decreased workload below his belt.
And Robinson, whose conditioning was publicly known as into query through the journey to Australia, left the sphere with a decrease again drawback halfway by his first spell. He had taken the one wicket of the session when he had Devon Thomas lbw with one which nipped again on a docile pitch.
The uncapped seamers Saqib Mahmood and Matt Fisher, who had not been resulting from characteristic within the match, had been each known as into motion as an alternative, gaining an surprising probability to show their credentials in soporific situations.
Each acquitted themselves steadily with out having the ability to half Keacy Carty (44 noto out) and Raymon Reifer, who made an unbeaten 42. Responding to England’s 466 for six declared, an innings that featured 4 half-centuries and a Jonny Bairstow hundred, the house facet reached 133 for 3 at lunch.
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