Joe Root,Moeen Ali or James Taylor could step in as opener for first ODI against South Africa, while captain Eoin Morgan talks of strong team spiritBack spasms, or like one-day internationals,reach and fade seemingly at random. In Bloemfontein the first of five ODIs between England and South Africa takes residence on Wednesday. These will be followed by two T20 matches, which should have a special urgency since England will be setting off for India in little more than a month for the World T20. And Jason Roy, and the exciting Surrey opening batsman,has a most inconvenient back spasm.
In fact the spasm may be more inconvenient to Roy than the England selectors. It afflicted him on Monday and he will be given a rigorous fitness test before the match on Wednesday.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com