England’s first Take a look at match in opposition to Pakistan within the nation since 2005 has gone forward as deliberate, regardless of issues after various the touring get together contracted a viral an infection the day earlier than play.
The England and Wales Cricket Board knowledgeable the Pakistan Cricket Board that they’re able to area an XI, and the match acquired below means on Thursday on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Roughly 13 to 14 members of the travelling group had been affected by a viral an infection with round half of that quantity members of the enjoying squad, the PA information company understands.
England had tried to mitigate the danger of points in Pakistan and made further preparations together with hiring their very own chef for the tour for the primary time, however various the squad had been nonetheless struck down and remained on the lodge as an alternative of participating within the closing non-obligatory coaching session on Wednesday morning.
The choice was delayed to permit ample gamers to recuperate in time, in any case these affected had been confined to isolation of their rooms to forestall the illness spreading additional and permit these feeling unwell to recuperate, with captain Ben Stokes amongst these affected.
Mark Wooden missed coaching on Tuesday by way of sickness with different members reporting signs afterward within the day and though Root mentioned he had skilled signs on Tuesday, he has since recovered and took half in coaching on Wednesday morning.
The session was made non-obligatory earlier than the illness struck however head coach Brendon McCullum was available to place Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Keaton Jennings, Ollie Pope and Root by way of their paces within the nets.
Stokes had named his nominal beginning XI for the match, together with handing a debut to Liam Livingstone and a primary Take a look at recall since 2016 for Ben Duckett, however his plans could possibly be compelled to alter because of the sickness.
Pakistan will area 4 debutants within the match, with Saud Shakeel, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ali and Zahid Mehmood all named.