London: England remembered David Malana Opener dropped on Wednesday dom sibley Out of his squad to consolidate his faltering top-order for next week’s third Test against India at Headingley.
India lead the five-match series 1-0 after a remarkable 151-run victory in the second Test at Lord’s on Monday, where they bowled out England for just 120 runs.
Sibley was one of four ducks in the innings as England had 60 overs left to bat after the India captain. Virat Kohli Declared, got out with 49 balls to spare.
The 25-year-old Sibley has been in poor form for some time now, averaging just 14 in the first two matches of this series and less than 20 in Test cricket this year.
Malan won the last of his 15 Test caps during the 2018 win over India at Edgbaston.
Headingley is now not only the left-hander Malan’s home county ground, but also the Leeds venue where the 33-year-old scored 199 in his last first-class match for Yorkshire against Sussex in June.
Malan, however, generally does not bat higher than number three.
and struggle with Zak CrawleyHaseeb Hameed, who has not played at Lord’s, has also been dropped from the 15-man squad along with Sibley, Haseeb Hameed can now open with Rory Burns when the third Test in a week begins on Wednesday.
Hameed returned to Test cricket with scores of zero and nine at Lord’s, but batted from the first wicket instead of his preferred position of opener.
Meanwhile, pacer Saqib Mahmood has been called into the squad, with England worried about Mark Wood’s fitness as the pacer suffered a shoulder injury fielding at Lord’s.
England is already without injured Stuart BroadOlly Stone, Chris Woakes along with star all-rounder Ben Stokes are still unavailable due to mental health issues.
At Test level, uncapped Mahmood has impressed in the white-ball formats and was England’s Man of the Series in the success of their 3-0 One Day International campaign against Pakistan earlier this season.
England squad for third Test against India at Headingley, 25-29 August:
Joe Root (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Saqib Mahmood, David Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood
India lead the five-match series 1-0 after a remarkable 151-run victory in the second Test at Lord’s on Monday, where they bowled out England for just 120 runs.
Sibley was one of four ducks in the innings as England had 60 overs left to bat after the India captain. Virat Kohli Declared, got out with 49 balls to spare.
The 25-year-old Sibley has been in poor form for some time now, averaging just 14 in the first two matches of this series and less than 20 in Test cricket this year.
Malan won the last of his 15 Test caps during the 2018 win over India at Edgbaston.
Headingley is now not only the left-hander Malan’s home county ground, but also the Leeds venue where the 33-year-old scored 199 in his last first-class match for Yorkshire against Sussex in June.
Malan, however, generally does not bat higher than number three.
and struggle with Zak CrawleyHaseeb Hameed, who has not played at Lord’s, has also been dropped from the 15-man squad along with Sibley, Haseeb Hameed can now open with Rory Burns when the third Test in a week begins on Wednesday.
Hameed returned to Test cricket with scores of zero and nine at Lord’s, but batted from the first wicket instead of his preferred position of opener.
Meanwhile, pacer Saqib Mahmood has been called into the squad, with England worried about Mark Wood’s fitness as the pacer suffered a shoulder injury fielding at Lord’s.
England is already without injured Stuart BroadOlly Stone, Chris Woakes along with star all-rounder Ben Stokes are still unavailable due to mental health issues.
At Test level, uncapped Mahmood has impressed in the white-ball formats and was England’s Man of the Series in the success of their 3-0 One Day International campaign against Pakistan earlier this season.
England squad for third Test against India at Headingley, 25-29 August:
Joe Root (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Saqib Mahmood, David Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood
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