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England will be without Chris Woakes for the fourth Test against India in Ahmedabad after the seamer flew home for his period of rest.
All multi-format players have been permitted time away from international cricket during the winter tours due to the mental demands of bio-secure bubbles.
Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Mark Wood and Moeen Ali have all been given time off during the first two months of 2021.
The 31-year-old, who departed on Thursday (February 25) after the 10-wicket defeat in the third Test, has not featured in Sri Lanka and India, and was also in South Africa for the postponed ODI series.
Woakes has not been selected in the five-match T20 series which runs from March 12-20. He returns home to be with his wife Amie and their two young children Ella and Evie-Louise.
He is likely to be picked for the one-day international series in Pune between March 23-28, with the squad still to be confirmed, and afterwards is due to represent Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
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Posted by Bobby Smith on 26/02/2021 at 15:43
Never has a player been so badly treated by England. He should be one of the central planks of the team, rather than a never-used squad player. His stats are way better than others; Archer, Wood etc but he never convinces Root/Silverwood he deserves a spot in the team. The result is for all to see. Do cricket fans not remember last summer, when he won matches for England with both bat and ball? The irony is, after the latest England collapse against spin, that he is one of the best players of spin in the county game and he already has a Test century to his name against India.
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