London: England captain Joe Root said he was “desperate” to play in Abu but could not have committed to tour Australia because of the uncertainty of the Coronavirus protocol.
The player and management team have not studied the right conditions where the five-test series will take place, with those who have young families with concerned with potentially tight rules.
Talks between British and Wales cricket boards and their colleagues in Cricket Australia are ongoing and expected a series of certain plans can be in front of the squad announcement next week.
Root, which has two small children, refuses to say whether he will be available to lead the British effort to regain ash in the series scheduled to start Brisbane on December 8.
“I feel very difficult to make sure decisions until you know.,” Root said on Tuesday.
“It’s somewhat frustrated but that’s where we are.” From the perspective of the player, we just want to know what position is and then we can make a decision.
“The 30-year-old child, named the Professional Cricketers Association of this year’s man player, added:” I was desperate to be part of the ash series.
I always.
The series one series as an English player you want to get involved and it will never change.
“My position is in my career, it can be the last chance I can do, so of course it is something you want to do, desperate to be expected to make a history there and become part of something very special.” Although the fifth test is scheduled to take place in Perth, it can be transferred to another place that is given quarantine 14 days mandatory on arrival in Western Australia.
And the emergence of four cases of new Coronavirus in Queensland, the opening place of Ashes, leads to delays in Sheffield Sheffield’s match match against Tasmania only with one hour notice on Tuesday.
Such a step will do a little to get rid of concerns of English players who have doubts about the tour.
Root said: “I think it is very important everyone makes the decision that they feel comfortable.
There are so many factors that fall into it and hopefully we are in a position where it is not a problem.” Root so far enjoyed 2021 which was memorable, scored 1.455 running an average of 66.13 in 12 tests, with two hundreds of doubles and four centuries but he had not yet printed a test century in Australia.
Remind the lack of tons of tons in Australia, he replied: “I am very aware of it and it is something I really want to do right.”