{"id":3862,"date":"2023-09-21T06:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T06:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2023-09-21T06:23:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T06:23:32","slug":"root-misses-england-tune-up-chance-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/root-misses-england-tune-up-chance-after\/","title":{"rendered":"Root misses England tune-up chance after infuriating ODI abandonment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joe Root\u2019s bid to have one final hit before England\u2019s World Cup departure was thwarted by a sodden outfield and what proved a maddening abandonment at Headingley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boos rang around the ground when the first one-day international against Ireland was called off at 4.50pm without a ball bowled. It had not rained for more than two hours by this stage but sections of the outfield \u2013 including the run-up area for bowlers at the Kirkstall Lane End \u2013 were deemed dangerous by the officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as leaving 14,000 spectators dismayed, and forcing the England and Wales Cricket<\/a> Board to issue refunds via insurance, it denied Root the extra time in the middle he was craving. The No 3 had put his name forward for the first match played by this otherwise second-string England side before next week\u2019s flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent scores of six, nought, four and 29 against New Zealand had prompted this but given the difference in expected conditions in India \u2013 and two warm-up matches in Guwahati before England\u2019s campaign begins against the Black Caps in Ahmedabad on 5 October \u2013 it was hard to see a great deal of value in it for Root.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not that this wasn\u2019t the latest indictment of attempting to stage international cricket in England in late September, with Headingley having experienced three days of rain during the lead-up. The Sky commentator Dominic Cork, who had been out in the middle during the wait for the final inspection, confirmed the ground was still boggy underfoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t fit for play and I think that was probably the right call in the end,\u201d said Zak Crawley, who must now wait until Saturday\u2019s second ODI at Trent Bridge to captain England for the first time. \u201cIt was very wet and it would have churned up if we\u2019d played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t have been fit for the bowlers. It\u2019s disappointing. You\u2019ve got guys tearing in [to bowl at that end] and you don\u2019t want guys not performing at their best, that\u2019s not what people come to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked if the sport should consider being more flexible in these scenarios, such as playing a shortened match exclusively from one end, Crawley replied: \u201cYou don\u2019t want to lose what the game is by changing the rules too much. This time of year it doesn\u2019t dry as well. I\u2019m not sure there\u2019s any more the groundsmen could have done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the chances of Root deciding to stick around and play on Saturday, Crawley added: \u201cI think he\u2019s going to rest now until the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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