England are set to announce their first men's Test squad of the summer, to take on New Zealand. Follow live updates here.
The England side will take the field in red-ball cricket for the first time since the Ashes, which ended 3-1 to Australia. Wisden Almanack editor Lawrence Booth described the team as ‘feckless, reckless and legless’, and the management promised a thorough review of the tour; off-field incidents did not cover the squad in glory.
Luke Wright has left his post as England men's selector, and is set to be replaced by Durham director of cricket Marcus North, who will take up the role of national selector. All eyes are on the squad that will be unveiled for the New Zealand series, not least because there is an anticipation that County Championship performances may have a bigger say than previously under the McCullum-Stokes regime.
Several spots in the squad appear to be up for grabs. There is growing uncertainty over Zak Crawley's place at the top of the order, while the Shoaib Bashir experiment thus far has yielded underwhelming returns. And what of the quicks?
England squad for New Zealand Tests, live updates
England have named their squad for the first Test against New Zealand, with maiden call-ups given to Sonny Baker and Emilio Gay.
England squad for the first Test vs NZ
- Ben Stokes (c)
- Rehan Ahmed
- Gus Atkinson
- Sonny Baker
- Shoaib Bashir
- Jacob Bethell
- Harry Brook
- Ben Duckett
- Matthew Fisher
- Emilio Gay
- James Rew
- Ollie Robinson
- Joe Root
- Jamie Smith
- Josh Tongue
For the first time in three years, there's uncertainty over who will open the batting for England in the first Test of the summer.
A refresher on the Ashes squad - how many changes could there be?
The following squad went Down Under last Australian summer:
Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Will Jacks, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Fisher, Matthew Potts, Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tongue, Mark Wood.
England are set to pick their squad to face New Zealand, in their first Test outing since their Ashes disaster, in the coming days. As part of the process, they have several selection questions to find answers to.
