The fast bowler, who has been struggling with a toe injury that required stitches last week, missed training at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Monday two days after he was his team’s most expensive bowler during the opening defeat by Australia, taking one for 69 from his seven overs.
He was ruled out of the last two ODIs against India earlier this month when a blister burst but was passed fit to play in the opening Champions Trophy match last weekend just days after stitches to the toe.
While the extent of his injury is unknown, Carse might also be struggling to play in the Indian Premier League that starts next month after he signed a £100,000 deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
For the here and now, Jamie Overton is likely to come into XI for the match against Afghanistan. It’s a contest England must win if they are to maintain hopes of reaching the semi-finals. Defeat would almost certainly eliminate them.
Root also addressed the political pressure put on the England & Wales Cricket Board to boycott this match given the fact the Taliban regime in Afghanistan has eroded women’s rights in the country and disbanded the women’s team.
Root, a team-mate of Mujeeb Ur Rahman at Paarl Royals in the SA20 last month, said: “I haven’t talked to any of their players about it. Keysy [England director of cricket Rob Key], the board and Jos all spoke with experts on the ground and I don’t see that boycotting this game is going to make any sort of positive impact. Clearly there’s things over there that are hard to hear and read up on but cricket is such a source of joy for so many people.
Asked if it was difficult for players to be caught in the cross-hairs of geopolitics, Root added: “That’s a job for the experts, the higher-ups and probably the ICC to address. From our point of view, we’re playing the game and we’ve got to make sure that we put our best foot forward, we play our best cricket and find ourselves on the right side of the result.”
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