LEACH FITS THE ILL

Jack raring to go after Testing run

- JIM HOLDEN

JACK LEACH had the winter from hell with injury and illness – and looking back he wonders whether he also contracted coronavirus without being aware at the time.

Now the England spinner is hoping for a late blast of summer cricket and the chance to put his Test career back on course.

Living in a bio-secure bubble for a few weeks while England play the West Indies will be fine for Leach – even the protocol where players eat at separate single tables in what feels like a school exam room.

“It’s great to start training again and play some cricket and my aim is to bring the best of myself to the England set-up,” he said.

Leach wants to look forward – and things can only get better after a nightmare period amid the winter tours of New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

He is already having to cope with Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel problem and has suffered a series of setbacks.