Joe Root, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali to play for their county teams

England lost the fourth and final Test match of the series against Pakistan to level the series 2-2, and ahead of the ODI series, most of the international cricketers are about to feature for their respective counties in the quarter-finals of Royal London ODI Cup on August 17 and 18, and the final day of T20 Blast on August 20.

Despite, the Test series ending up in a draw, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes had a memorable series with both bat and ball as the duo was highly impressive in the series for the home side. Ali and Woakes will play in the 50-overs quarter-final games for Worcestershire and Warwickshire respectively on Wednesday.

Yorkshire will take on Kent in their quarter-final clash on Thursday and Yorkshire will have the services of some of the key international players in the likes of the star batsman Joe Root, wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance.

This will be an important season for Stuart Broad as he is looking to make his way back to the limited-overs side. Alex Hales who hasn’t fired with the bat in the Test series will be looking forward to making a mark when he turns up for Nottinghamshire in the T20 competition

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However, the England Test skipper Alastair Cook will not feature for Essex in the county championship as the team management asked him to take a break.

Royal London ODI Cup quarterfinal fixtures:

August 17: Somerset v Worcestershire; Warwickshire v Essex

August 18: Northamptonshire v Surrey; Kent v Yorkshire

T20 Blast Final day fixtures (August 20):

Semifinal 1: Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire

Semifinal 2: Durham v Yorkshire

Final: Winner of SF 1 v Winner of SF 2