England adds 3 coaches to help prepare for Windies series

England has seconded three coaches from county cricket to help a 30-strong test squad prepare for next month's three-match series against West Indies. Glen Chapple, Richard Dawson and Matw Walker, who are head coaches at Lancashire, Gloucestershire and Kent respectively, will join what England is describing as a behind-closed-doors training group at Southampton's as Bowl from Tuesday. players and coaches will live, prepare and train on-site in a bio-secure environment at ground and its adjoining hotel until first test on July 8, with regular COVID-19 checks taking place amid coronavirus pandemic.

re will be a three-day practice match starting July 1, after which squad for first test will be anunced. second and third tests will be std at Manchester's Old Trafford, where West Indies touring party is based. Included in enlarged training was Moeen Ali, who hasn't played test cricket since being dropped for second Ashes test in August last year, and eight uncapped players. Three of m have appeared in limited-overs internationals  Saqib Mahmood, Lewis Gregory and Matt Parkinson. England said assistant coach Paul Collingwood will take charge of one-day team later this summer, when it is hoped Ireland will tour in a three-match series. England was also scheduled to play Pakistan and Australia in ODIs but fixtures have been confirmed.

Chapple and Dawson have recently helped out as coaches for England's second-string Lions squad. It's nice for m and players to build on effective coaching relationships and it's also a real positive for our domestic game that we can expose a greater number of our coaches to international cricket, said ECB performance director Mo Bobat, who added support from England's county teams has been excellent since a 55-man group was asked to gar for training last month. county season will t start before Aug. 1 because of coronavirus restrictions. 

England squad

Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Dominic Bess, James Bracey, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Ben Foakes, Lewis Gregory, Keaton Jennings, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Matw Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Amar Virdi, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

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