Leach has trained in recent days but been deemed not fit enough to play in the final two Tests Stu Forster/Getty ImagesJack Leach, England’s No 1 spinner, is to return home from the tour of South Africa on Thursday without having played a match. The Somerset left-arm spinner has suffered a series of misfortunes with ill health this winter. Although he had bowled a lot in the nets in the past two weeks in an effort to increase his workload and make himself available for selection for the last two Tests, in Port Elizabeth tomorrow and at the Wanderers next week, the decision has been made that he is not fit enough to be in contention. Leach, 28, took part in England’s net session at St George’s Park yesterday, when he bowled and batted, although it was already widely expected that England’s spinner in the third…

Source: The Times January 14, 2020 12:11 UTC