England will no longer play football in warm-ups before matches

England's cricket team will no longer play football during training sessions or as a warm-up before matches.

Opener Rory Burns was ruled out of the rest of the Test series in South Africa after injuring his ankle playing football in training on Thursday.

England's Ollie Pope told BBC Test Match Special: "We'll cop that on the chin and think about another way to get the energy going in the morning.

"Rory has been looking very good. It's a massive shame and bad luck for him."

England reached 262-9 on the opening day of the second Test in Cape Town on Friday thanks to Pope's unbeaten 56.

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England director of cricket Ashley Giles previously said he thought playing football was too dangerous.

But he agreed to review it after last year's World Cup after senior players said it was important for team spirit.

Giles previously banned Warwickshire players from playing football while he was director of cricket at the county.

The England and Wales Cricket Board said no directive instructing them to ban football has been sent to the counties at this stage.

It will be up to the counties to decide if they still want to use the game as part of their routines.

In October 2018, England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow also sustained an ankle injury playing football and missed the start of the Test series against Sri Lanka.