Buttler steps down after England’s dismal Champions Trophy show
His side lost their Group B matches against Australia and Afghanistan.
His side lost their Group B matches against Australia and Afghanistan.
Stokes on Monday announced his sudden retirement from ODI cricket, saying that the rigours of playing all three formats of the game were "unsustainable" for him and he was not able to give his 100 percent to the team in the 50-over format.
Root's unbeaten innings brought him to his 27th Test century. According to the ICC, the 31-year-old has 10 World Test Championship tonnes and nearly 1,000 more WTC runs than his closest challenger, Australia's Marnus Labuschagne (2,180 runs).
Nicholls is a key member of New Zealand's Test squad. He has eight centuries in 46 games, with a 40.38 average.
The two ageing warhorses were strangely left out of England's three-Test tour of the Caribbean earlier this year, with selectors instead opting to give more opportunities to the next generation of seam bowlers.
The three-match series will be played behind closed doors in a bio-secure environment commencing from 5 August.
Roy made it clear that the T20 World Cup is at the forefront of England's plans going ahead.
The first Test between the two teams will be played in Manchester starting August 5 while the final two Tests are scheduled to be played in Southampton from August 13 and August 21 respectively.
Holder also gave an insight into how 'smaller' teams have been struggling around the world, financially, in the wake of COVID-19 crisis.
The match, which begins on Friday, will be played between PCB Green, captained by Test captain Azhar Ali, and Sarfaraz Ahmed's PCB White, stated PCB in a media release.