'I didn't even realise that.'
‘Yeah um… sorry, can you say that again? It’s just got me a bit stunned, can you repeat the question please?’
England national selector Luke Wright admitted it was an ‘incredible tough’ decision to leave out Brook.‘There’s no doubting he’s someone we couldn’t think any more highly off. But it’s just that middle order with Stokesy coming back, that it was going to squeeze – it made it incredibly tough.
Brook and Archer could travel as reserve players, though even in the best case scenario Archer will only be fit for the second-half of the tournament.The 28-year-old bowled England to victory in the World Cup final super over but has been plagued with injury problems since that summer. ‘There has got to be a duty of care with Jof,’ Wright added. ‘We know how desperate we all are to have him, but we’ve also got to get it right for him.
‘He’s been very unfortunate with these injuries, [so] we do have to get it right. As much as the temptation is to try and rush him in and get him in for the start of this World Cup, unfortunately we’re just going to run out of time.’
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