Broad, Anderson expected to be fit

England's new-ball Test duo of James Anderson and Stuart Broad will both miss the final few weeks of the domestic season through injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Saturday.

However, they are expected to be fit for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh.

Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket-taker, requires what an ECB statement said was "ongoing rehabilitation" of his right shoulder and won't now feature again for Lancashire in the remainder of the 2016 county season.

Broad, who last played for Nottinghamshire in their Twenty20 Blast semi-final defeat by Northamptonshire at Edgbaston last Saturday, is recovering from an ankle problem.

However both bowlers are expected to be fit for the Test leg of England's tour of Bangladesh, which gets underway in October.

"Both players have managed their injuries through the summer and a break is needed to best prepare the Test opening bowling pair for England's winter campaign that begins this October in Bangladesh," the ECB statement added.

Anderson and Broad were both omitted from England's squad for their ongoing one-day series against Pakistan.

Earlier, director of cricket Andrew Strauss urged all players to participate, saying that the tour was '100 per cent safe'.

"At no stage did we ask players whether they would make themselves available," Strauss said. "We are not at that stage yet. I'm certainly hopeful that we can convince the players that it is safe to tour. I'm 100% convinced that is the case. I have the utmost confidence in Reg Dickason [ECB's head of security] and his experience.

"My view is that the job of the ECB and Reg is to assure the players it is safe to go and, once they have that, I'm very hopeful that we'll have all the squad coming together and saying 'let's go' as a group.