England Retain Unchanged Squad For Lord's Test 1

England have retained the 13-member squad for the third and the final Test match against Windies after a loss in the second Test. The visiting side surfaced an upset in the penultimate game by chasing down a total of 322 on the final day, to level the series. Shai Hope and Kraigg Brathwaite shone for the team as they played an innings of 118* and 95 respectively, to stage an emphatic win.

With that win, Windies also registered their first win in England after a period of 17 years. It has now made the scenario quite interesting as the series is now evenly poised. No one gave any chance to the visitors after their poor show in the first game, where they lost 19 wickets in a span of one day to lose the Test by a margin of an innings and 209 runs.

England Retain Unchanged Squad For Lord's Test 2

The third and final Test match starts on September 7. Before that start of the deciding Test match, Windies will play a two-day practice match at Grace Road in Leicester. Following the Test series, the two countries will play one T20I and five One-day internationals.

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Ottis Gibson, the bowling coach of England will move to South Africa as the Head Coach after the conclusion of the Lord’s Test. He will replace Russell Domingo in the role. As of now, ECB hasn’t announced any replacement for Gibson and as per reports, they might employ someone from junior ranks as a part timer in the role.

England squad for Lord’s Test: Joe Root(c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Jonny Bairstow, Mason Crane, Dawid Malan, Toby Roland-Jones, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, Tom Westley, Chris Woakes.