Chris Woakes says English players wondered if they had coronavirus
Did English cricketers have Covid-19 on tour? Chris Woakes admits players have wondered if it was the corona virus that swept through the camp in South Africa this winter
- Chris Woakes admits that England wonders if they were early victims of the corona virus
- Illness struck the team during their Christmas tour of South Africa
- Two germs, one a type of flu and the other a stomach problem, increased
- Woakes says England will step into the unknown when they go on tour again
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Chris Woakes has admitted that England wonders if they may have been early victims of the corona virus when they passed through their camp during their tour of South Africa.
Almost the entire squad was affected by two germs, the first a flu and the second a stomach problem, which severely weakened England during their heavy First Test defeat at Centurion at Christmas. Now the “mystery” virus can be explained.
“You look back and wonder,” Woakes said Wednesday. “We have no idea if it was or not, but of course it comes to mind.
Chris Woakes admits that England wonders if they were early victims of coronavirus in South Africa
“My symptoms at the time – and I was stuck in my hotel room for a week – were more gastro, but there were also flu-like problems. It would be wrong to sit here and say we definitely had coronavirus, but who knows. ‘
Of course, whether the English team was hit can become clear as and when they are tested pending what would certainly seem to be behind closed doors and ‘biosafe’ cricket season if they can play later this summer.
Woakes admitted during a conference call that it would be “weird” to go back to a team environment if the ECB today approves a possible schedule at their board meeting and that England has yet to discuss the practicalities of returning to action.
“You can hardly see that the world is ever the same again,” said the English all-rounder.
Joe Root’s squad was severely weakened by illness during their heavy first Test loss at Centurion
“If you get out of here, it will feel strange when that happens. Cricket, and being in a team, will change.
“ In the early days of a Sri Lanka tour, we went out of our way not to connect and shake hands, but it was easy to forget and accidentally do something that we told ourselves we wouldn’t would do. “
And Woakes accepts that England is stepping into the unknown if asked to run their proposed test series against the West Indies and Pakistan later this year.
“It’s a tricky one because we don’t know at this point what people will have to do before they start exercising again,” he added.
“As athletes, we can’t do tests because there are people who need them much more than we do. We’ll just have to wait and wait for the experts to advise. ‘
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