LONDON, Nov 7: Off-spinner Graeme Swann has returned home from India to spend time with his sick daughter, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday.

But Swann will travel back to India in time for England’s first Test in Ahmedabad starting on Nov 15.

“Graeme Swann has returned home to support his family and spend time with his daughter who is currently unwell,” the ECB statement said. “Swann will return to India ahead of the first Test. This is a personal matter and we would ask for everyone to give Graeme and his family privacy. We will not be making any further comment at this time.”

His absence from the final warm-up match is a further blow to the tourists who already have fitness concerns about fast bowlers Steven Finn and Stuart Broad.

Finn has a thigh injury and Broad a bruised heel, leaving them highly unlikely to play in the four-day game against Haryana starting on Thursday.—Agencies