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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rory Dollard

England spinner Jack Leach ‘having too much fun to get ill now’

PA Wire

The last time Jack Leach toured New Zealand a bout of sepsis left him hospitalised in Hamilton, but the spinner insists England’s newly relaxed approach to Test cricket has left him healthier, happier and readier than ever to perform.

Leach, who takes immunosuppressants to combat Crohn’s disease, was taken seriously ill during the 2019 trip and developed blood poisoning brought on by gastroenteritis.

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