England vs West Indies: Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith to make debuts at Lord’s for James Anderson farewell Test | Cricket News
Surrey pair Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith will make their debuts in James Anderson’s farewell Test at Lord’s as England have named their team to face West Indies in the first contest of a three-match series.
From the 14-player squad selected for the first Test, Dan Lawrence, Dillon Pennington and Matthew Potts are the players to miss out, with Atkinson, Chris Woakes and Anderson, in his final Test, preferred to the latter two for the seamer spots.
It’s Woakes’ first Test back for his country since being named Player of the Series in the drawn Ashes last summer. The all-rounder took a break from cricket earlier this year after his father passed away.
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Somerset off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, who has been on loan with Worcestershire, will play his first Test match in England after debuting in India earlier this year.
Smith, as expected, will make his Test debut as wicketkeeper, having replaced alternative options Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes in the squad.
England team for first Test vs West Indies: 1) Zak Crawley 2) Ben Duckett 3) Ollie Pope 4) Joe Root 5) Harry Brook 6) Ben Stokes (c) 7) Jamie Smith (wkt) 8) Chris Woakes 9) Gus Atkinson 10) Shoaib Bashir 11) James Anderson
Watch the first Test between England and West Indies live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10am on Wednesday (11am first ball).
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