MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons will spend five days in isolation as a precaution after leaving the secure West Indies facility here to attend a funeral on Friday, media reports have said.

Simmons will not oversee the final four-day warm-up match starting tomorrow at Old Trafford but fast bowler Alzarri Joseph told reporters yesterday his absence would not impact preparations.

West Indies arrived here June 9 and underwent two weeks of quarantine, while beefing up preparations in the nets.

West Indies arrived in the UK on a secure chartered flight, were transported to Old Trafford in several buses to ensure social distancing and have been hunkered down ever since.

All three Tests – the first carded for Southampton and the last two at Old Trafford – will be played behind closed doors with strict sanitisation and social distancing measures in place.