England skipper Joe Root blessed with a baby girl; see pic here
England Test captain Joe Root who has missed the primary post-COVID-19 match has been blessed with a child lady on Wednesday (July 8, 2020).
The 29-year outdated shared the image of his second baby and wrote, “Good luck boys England Cricket. We will be watching and supporting you all the way!”
Root will start a seven-day self-isolation interval at residence as soon as he leaves the hospital together with his household. He will be a part of the England squad forward of the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford on July 13.
Earlier on Wednesday, worldwide cricket resumed on the Ageas Bowl in Southampton (England) after a niche of practically 4 months.
Interim skipper Ben Stokes main the English aspect for the primary time received the toss and selected to bat in opposition to Jason Holder’s West Indies group. He turned England’s 81st Test captain.
With the resumption, everybody additionally witnessed gamers of each groups, together with employees and match umpires, taking a knee earlier than the beginning of the match in assist of the Black Lives Matter motion that was sparked the world over because of the custodial demise of a black man George Floyd within the United States.
#ENGvWI Just earlier than the beginning of play, our #MalesInMaroon took a knee to indicate their solidarity in opposition to Racism with the Black Lives Matter motion. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/HQ63Q6T3yM
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) July 8, 2020
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England and West Indies additionally turned the primary group within the historical past of the sport to play a match with out spectators, because the followers have not been allowed to go to the stadium to comprise the unfold of coronavirus.
The rain-affected match witnessed Rory Burns and Dominic Sibley opening for England whereas Kemar Roach bowled the primary ball within the post-COVID-19 cricket world.
Shannon Gabriel wrote his title on the file ebook as he took the primary wicket by dismissing Sidley for a duck.
Meanwhile, England has scored 35-1 in 17.four overs earlier than the stoppage of the play as a result of rain.
Rory Burns has scored 20 off the 55 balls he confronted, whereas Joe Denly has confronted 48 deliveries and has put 14 runs on the score-board.
In different information, Stuart Broad was disregarded of England’s Test XI in a house sport for the primary time in eight years. His streak of 51 consecutive video games got here to finish on Wednesday.
The second Test will begin on July 16, whereas the third Test will start on July 24. Both matches shall be performed on the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester.
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