New Delhi: England all-rounder Chris Woakes has revealed his absence from cricket in latest weeks. The 35-year-old Chris Woakes was mourning the dying of his father, who handed away firstly of May this yr. He additionally asserted that he would return to the game “when the time is right”.
Chris Woakes didn’t characteristic for the Punjab Kings within the seventeenth version of the Indian Premier League. Punjab Kings purchased Chris Woakes for a whopping value of 4.20 Crore rupees. However, he did not play a single match of the event.
Following this, he was additionally left of reigning champions England’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 collectively hosted by the United States and West Indies. England all-rounder took to his official X account and stated the final month was probably the most difficult of his life and solely spent a couple of days along with his shut ones.
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— Chris Woakes (@chriswoakes) May 31, 2024
“The last month has been the most challenging of my life when unfortunately my dad passed away at the beginning of May. I’ve spent the last few weeks with the people most important to me, my family. We’re all obviously grieving and trying to get through what is undoubtedly the hardest moment in our lives. It’s times like this that perspective is at its greatest,” Woakes wrote.
He additional talked about that “I will be back playing cricket for Warwickshire, who my Dad loved dearly when the time is right for me and my family. I know playing cricket for Warwickshire and England made my Dad incredibly proud. I look forward to doing that again in the near future”.
England all-rounder Chris Woakes made his worldwide debut within the T20I format towards Australia in 2011. Woakes, who was a part of England’s T20 and ODI World Cup successful groups, performed 33 T20I video games by which he scored 146 runs at a strike price of 124.79. He additionally scalped 31 wickets at an financial system price of 8.07.
Notably The defending champions England will begin their T20 World Cup marketing campaign towards Scotland on June 4.
