LONDON: Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Sam Curran will go home early from Englands limited-overs tour of South Africa next month.
They will play only the three-match Twenty20 series from Nov. 27-Dec. 1, after being rested from the three-match one-day international series from Dec. 4-9.
Stokes only recently returned to action in the Indian Premier League after extended leave to visit his seriously ill father Ged in New Zealand.
But England and Wales Cricket Board director of mens cricket Ashley Giles and limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan have stressed the need to prioritize the mental health of players as England seeks to navigate its way through the coronavirus pandemic.
Archer said last week he was counting down the days until he was “free again, having spent much of the last few months in bio-secure environments, first with England then in the IPL in the United Arab Emirates.
Curran,…