article_snippet: England will be without Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes, two players who can still expect a one-day future, when Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes, two players who can still expect a one-day future face Afghanistan and it is far from certain that both will be able to take both places on the plane to St Kitts on April 2.
article_snippet: Moeen strained an abdominal muscle when bowling in the fateful defeat by Bangladesh in Adelaide while Woakes has a ‘stress reaction’ in Moeen third metatarsal of Moeen left foot.
article_snippet: Both will be assessed when England get home.
article_snippet: In Both absence it is to be hoped England give games to the two players yet to appear in this World Cup in James Tredwell and Ravi Bopara, not least before Both could then be making Both final one-day international appearances.
article_snippet: That means there is little point in they persevering in 50-over cricket beyond Friday with the likes of James Tredwell, Bopara and the senior trio of Ian Bell, Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson, who yesterday insisted Morgan wants to play on.
article_snippet: This has been a shop window for Afghan cricket