England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced on Thursday that the choice on the graduation of the primary Test between England and Pakistan is not going to be delayed and each boards have agreed to begin the match as per schedule from Thursday after the outbreak of viral an infection in Three Lions’ camp. England indicated that they are ready to area a enjoying XI in Rawalpindi towards Pakistan within the opening Test. “The ECB has informed the PCB that they are in a position to field an XI, and, as such, the first Test will commence as per schedule today (Thursday, 1 December) at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,” ECB mentioned in a tweet.

The ECB has knowledgeable the PCB that they’re ready to area an XI, and, as such, the primary Test will begin as per schedule as we speak (Thursday, 1 December) on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/baafQaEWbF

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 1, 2022

On the eve of their first Test in Pakistan, England’s squad had been in disarray as 13 to 14 employees members, together with half of the 16-man enjoying squad, fell unwell on Wednesday.

As per ESPNcricinfo, the issue is believed to be a virus or bug slightly than meals poisoning, and England is taking further precautions with their weight loss program due to a chef named Omar Meziane who has accompanied the crew on this tour. To cut back the danger of the virus spreading, some gamers had been instructed to stay of their rooms on Tuesday after reporting feeling unwell.

As reported by Espncricinfo, an ECB spokesperson confirmed that the sicknesses weren’t COVID-19 associated. There is an opportunity the virus will go away in a day, however for the reason that first of the three matches within the collection begins on Thursday in Rawalpindi, England’s possibilities of getting off to an excellent begin have been considerably diminished.

Only Root, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Harry Brook, and Keaton Jennings participated within the Wednesday coaching session on the venue, which was non-compulsory previous to the bug’s unfold. The different gamers listed within the beginning XI had been absent.

The outbreak has taken place on the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, the place each groups England and Pakistan have been staying. This will not be the primary time that England has been unwell originally of a tour. The same bug affected the crew previous to and through their Boxing Day Test in Pretoria on the 2019-20 South African tour.

Rawalpindi will host the primary Test (1-5 December) earlier than the motion strikes to Karachi (9-13 December) and Multan (17-21 December) for the next video games.

England XI vs Pakistan:Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (w), Liam Livingstone, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson and Jimmy Anderson.

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