The left-arm spinner has been prescribed medication for a throat infection and is isolated from the rest of the squad.
England were 263 for four when bad light ended lay 4.2 overs early.
Joe Root does not admit to being a natural leader but England's new Test captain says the time spent as Alastair Cook's understudy has groomed him for the responsibility.
Pace bowler James Anderson has returned to the 12-man England squad for the third and final Test against New Zealand.
England captain Joe Root sought to draw a line under the litany of off-field incidents that have dogged the team throughout the Ashes on Wednesday, even as a senior player admitted they would continue to haunt the side during the third Test in Perth.
England won the fourth match by 74 runs to complete a 4-0 whitewash in the one-day international series.
West Indies lead in the weather-disrupted series 2-1 with the final match scheduled for Barbados on Wednesday.
With current players from three full member nations seeking no objection certificates to participate in the upcoming Masters Champions League (MCL), the ICC warned the boards against entertaining such demands and called it 'unacceptable'.
The England all rounder enhanced his case for the first Test against West Indies with a ton in the three-day game against Jamaica.
The fast bowler took six for 46 as the West Indies were dismissed for 152 in their first innings and then added another two as the tourists ended the day 84 for two after following on.
England will use the retired ODI skipper's experience during their upcoming one-day campaigns.
England finished well on top after a fluctuating third day of the second test against West Indies at Edgbaston on Saturday.
An unbeaten 86 by Mahela Jayawardene enabled Sri Lanaka score 226 in their second innings on day 4 of the first Test.
England are considering playing three specialist spinners in the opening Test match against Sri Lanka.\n\n
The former England captain believes believes England's job will be tougher this year because their bowling attack is inexperienced.
The 25-year-old, man-of-the-match after taking nine wickets in England's first test victory last week, has a hip injury.
England were 111 without loss at the close of day 2 in reply to Bangladesh's first-innings total of 203 in the first Test.
Opening batsman Cameron Bancroft, the most junior member in the side at 25, was tasked with implementing the plan and was duly caught on camera using the tape.
England, all out for 285 in the first innings, were still 466 behind West Indies' mammoth 751-5 declared after day four of the fourth Test.
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Hemang Badani, who captained India A for the one-day part of their 11-match unbeaten tour of England, spoke to Wisden CricInfo shortly after he had returned home to Chennai.
The Twenty20 league mooted by Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and spin champion Shane Warne could be a risky proposition.
"We got off to a reasonable start but we didn't capitalise on it," said the SA skipper.
India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was adjudged out for handling the ball on the opening day of Derbyshire's County Championship four-day match against Leicestershire at Derby on Tuesday.
Bangladesh declared their first innings at 7-232, a deficit of 26, and reduced the Academy to 4-99 in their second innings at stumps on day two.
The West Indies skipper dislodged Australia's opening batsman Matthew Hayden.
Muttiah Muralitharan took 3 for 38 as England reached 259 for 8 at close on day 1 of the deciding third and final Test against Sri Lanka.
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