England have recalled veteran pacers James Anderson and Stuart Broad, while they made debut pacer Matthew Potts, for the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s starting on Thursday.
Anderson, 39, and Broad, 35, two of England’s most successful bowlers to date, with a combined 1,177 wickets between them, were both controversially dropped for their 1-0 series loss to the West Indies earlier this year. was given.
But they returned to an XI named a day earlier for the first match under the new leadership pair of England captain Ben Stokes and former New Zealand captain, coach Brendon McCullum.
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After an injury crisis deprived England of a number of fast bowlers including Mark Wood, Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Jofra Archer, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Fischer and Ollie Stone, Potts got a chance to overtake fellow squad member Craig Overton. Get.
Potts, 23, has been selected for a good start to the county season, taking 35 wickets for Durham in his opening six County Championship matches.
England had previously cleared some doubts about their side for this opening match of the three-Test series, indicating that Jonny Bairstow would bat at number five, with Ollie Pope penciling in on the first wicket.
This means Bairstow’s in-form Yorkshire ally Harry Brooke will have to wait for his Test debut.
Brook has scored 840 runs in this campaign so far at an average of 140, but hasn’t made a familiar-looking top six.
England is currently at the bottom World Test Championship table after a disappointing performance in 17 matches.
New Zealand, who are yet to name their squad, are World Test champions after losing India In last year’s inaugural final in Southampton.
Both Stokes and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson are scheduled to hold a press conference at Lord’s on Wednesday.
England team to play first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s
Jack Crowley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Fox (wk), Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
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