by Brendon McCullum appeased concerns about a full -fledged injury crisis for England as they went to Abu Dhabi on Thursday to licked their injuries with a dark white tour in India.
The 142-point beat in England in Ahmedabad was their seventh defeat in eight games when they were clean 3-0 in the ODI, which was aggravated by Ben Duckett undergoing a problem in the left groin.
Duckett is ready for a scan in the United Arab Emirates and its participation for the Champions Trophy is in doubt seriously, England starting its campaign against Australia in Lahore on Saturday week.
“He had a lot of cricket in the last time,” said England McCullum head coach. “We will make this call, to train if it is going to be in danger, if it is in or out.”
England has already been forced to change their team of 15 men with Tom Banton replacing Jacob Bethell, but McCullum had better news on Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton and Jamie Smith.
The archer cup on his bowling hand and his toes and hamstrings are respectively other pacemen cards and overton meant that they were missing at the Narendra Modi stadium, while the goalkeeper, Batter Smith, is absent from Midway Through the T20 series due to veal problems.
“Jamie would have been a risk (Wednesday) but he will be available for the first game,” said McCullum. “With Brydon, I hope his toe healed by then and he is available for the first match.
“Jamie Overton feels good, he felt a little waterproofing after the last match, but he should go well for the first. Jofra should be available. This is good news.
McCullum, who revealed that there was “specific person pending”, explained that the growing injuries of England were a major factor in their reduction in their training sessions as the tour in India progressed .
While they practiced half a dozen times during a trip complicated by a vast travel program, they did not do it before the second and third ODI, which led to criticism of their preparation by the Former player of India and coach Ravi Shastri and the former captain of England Kevin Pietersen.
“We have done a lot of training,” said McCullum. “We had injuries in the camp, so we fell a little guys to make sure we had a fit team.
“We have three training sessions in Pakistan (before the start of the Champions Trophy). The guys came from a lot of crickets and keeping the guys fresh is just as important, especially when you have injuries.
“I hope that in Pakistan, we will have an entirely fit team and we are impatiently awaiting a new challenge. It was a difficult lesson, but I hope it was an excellent preparation for the tournament. »»
A common theme of the trip to India was the difficulties of England against the spin, with Varun Chakravarthy the star of the T20 series while Raviund Jadeja stood out in the first two Odi. When it was rested for the Rubber Dead, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav proved to be threatening and difficult to escape.
McCullum hopes that a change of decor when they go to Pakistan next week could raise his sick strikers before insisting that he is convinced that they can turn their fortune to the Champions Trophy.
“If we are going in the other direction, you have no chance,” said McCullum. “So there is no alternative – you must make sure you maintain this belief in your side and I certainly believe in us.
“I believe that we have a team which, if we are able to assemble everything, is as good or as competitive as anyone else, especially under the conditions that we face in Pakistan.
“We may hope that a new look in different surfaces in a different environment could provide us with more answers. But I still believe that our guys are good spin players. »»
