The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), on Sunday, introduced the England males’s 12-member squad for the upcoming first Take a look at in opposition to West Indies, beginning Tuesday (March 08) at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
Notably, ECB had introduced the complete squad for this tour final month, which noticed many distinguished faces being dropped after a disastrous efficiency within the Ashes 2021-22 down underneath. Veteran pacers James Anderson and Stuart Broad weren’t picked for the Windies’ tour, together with Jos Buttler, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan and others.
Though England has acquired a significant blow forward of the three-match sequence opener as pacer Ollie Robinson has been dominated out of the primary Take a look at with a again spasm. Robinson pulled up halfway by means of an over throughout the follow match in opposition to CWI President’s XI and couldn’t take part additional in coaching on Sunday.
“Ollie is a gifted bowler. Naturally, he’ll be an enormous miss. He’s proven in his quick Take a look at profession to date that he’s actually received the talents and the power to do good issues within the format. On the similar time, it provides individuals alternatives,” mentioned senior paceman Chris Woakes as quoted by Sky Sports activities.
Lancashire speedster Saqib Mahmood may come within the scheme of issues to exchange Robinson within the taking part in XI. Though, it will rely whether or not Joe Root goes with an all-seam assault or persist with the number of left-arm spin within the type of Jack Leach.
“We’re attempting to win video games cricket right here, nevertheless it does give that probability to somebody to probably make their Take a look at debut who’s been ready within the wings for fairly some time to indicate what they will do at this degree,” mentioned Wooden on the chances of Saqib making a Take a look at debut.
Right here is England’s squad for the primary Take a look at in opposition to West Indies:
Joe Root (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes (wk), Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wooden.
