England head coach Brendon McCullum is assured James Anderson and Ollie Robinson will probably be match for the primary Ashes Test however has confirmed they’ll play no half towards Ireland this week.
The five-match sequence towards Australia begins on June 16 however England have health issues over plenty of their bowlers.
Robinson suffered an ankle challenge for Sussex earlier this month and Anderson strained his groin whereas on Lancashire obligation whereas injury-hit pair Jofra Archer and Olly Stone have skilled elbow and hamstring issues respectively already this summer season.
England start their eagerly anticipated summer season with a four-day Test towards Ireland at Lord’s on Thursday and whereas two of their key bowlers will miss out, they need to be superb for the Ashes opener at Edgbaston.
“Yeah we’ve got a couple of niggles so we’re just monitoring those at the moment,” McCullum stated.
“I guess every team that goes into a series has got a couple of little things that you need to work through, but pretty confident we’ll have a good squad to be able to pick from.”
On Robinson and Anderson, he stated: “For the first Ashes Test, I think they should be fit.
“They will not be match for this one towards Ireland. We’ll simply have to observe it over this subsequent type of whereas, however we have got some nice choices proper all through the squad.
“When I first took over this job, people said there wasn’t much depth in English cricket and I disagree with that completely.
“I believe there may be an immense quantity of depth and we have got loads of good choices all through the squad.”
With Anderson and Robinson dominated out, Stuart Broad will lead the bowling assault at Lord’s however Mark Wood should be assessed earlier than a last determination is made on the short.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
