Squad to isolate at Ageas Bowl for West Indies seriesECB
Cricket director trusts players to follow rulesThirty
England cricketers, their coaches and one or two of their bosses are exploring unknown territory. They have all been to the Ageas Bowl before but not in these circumstances, where they will move from training ground to hotel and back day after day – a distance of no more than 200 yards – and go nowhere else. They may, initially, be nervous about the next two months.
“Leaving home feels strange, and packing your bags again,” Ashley Giles, the ECB cricket director, said. “It is quite a weird feeling not to be so sure when you leave your front door.” He also pointed out staff and players should not think they are heading off to a holiday camp.