County Championship | Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes set to miss third round matches

Nothing seems to be going right in English cricket as two of their senior bowlers, Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes, are unlikely to feature in the upcoming matches of their respective Counties.

Woakes' career has been marred with injuries. Unfortunately, he finds himself on the wrong side of luck, having suffered niggles in his recovery process from knee and shoulder injuries. The Warwickshire all-rounder was expected to play in three of four County Championship matches but now will probably be available for the side in the first week of May.

As far as Broad is concerned, he targets to play in those venues where the national side has their matches scheduled in the near future. This means that the 35-year-old speedster will miss out on Nottinghamshire's fixture against Durham but will be included in the XI in the matches that are to be held at Trent Bridge and Lord's.

The other senior member, James Anderson, also has plans to play fewer matches for Lancashire this year to keep himself fresh for the international season.

Notably, Broad and Anderson were surprisingly left out of England's Test squad against the West Indies. Their exclusion was to see the future talents, as cited by the then Managing Director of England Men's Cricket Andrew Strauss in one of his statements.

The English outfit has a busy 2022 summer and will start the season with a three-match Test series against New Zealand.