England won’t be taking rising star Rehan Ahmed to New Zealand for his or her subsequent Test sequence as they appear to handle the 18-year-old’s speedy transition to worldwide cricket.
Ahmed turned the nation’s youngest ever males’s Test cricket participant when he lined up in opposition to Pakistan in Karachi final week, breaking Brian Close’s 1949 file, and marked the event by taking a decisive five-wicket haul.
The legspinner arrived on tour having performed simply three first-class matches for Leicestershire and England have made it clear they are going to be taking a cautious strategy over his improvement.
February’s Tests in Mount Maunganui and Wellington are usually not prone to favour spin and, with Jack Leach retaining his standing as first-choice, Ahmed has not made the 15-man squad.
Instead, he’ll head to play within the UAE T20 league with a view to linking up with England’s white-ball workforce for the primary time in Bangladesh in March.
Mark Wood, who performed a key position within the T20 World Cup win and the historic 3-0 Test win in Pakistan, has been rested from all cricket in a bid to guard him from additional harm forward of the Ashes.
Wood missed your entire English summer time with elbow issues and has battled health points all through his profession.
England are additionally being cautious with Jofra Archer, who was picked for January’s ODI journey to South Africa 24 hours earlier however will wait longer to return to long-form cricket after virtually two years on the sidelines.
The bowling shares are replenished by the huge expertise of Stuart Broad, who sat out the latest Pakistan sequence because of the arrival of his first youngster, Matthew Potts and Olly Stone.
Three different gamers who took half in England’s first Test journey to Pakistan in 17 years are usually not included. Liam Livingstone was injured on his debut in Rawalpindi, whereas opener Keaton Jennings and Jamie Overton, who didn’t function within the three-match sequence, drop out.
Dan Lawrence has the prospect to kickstart his England prospects for the primary time below the management of head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes, recalled for the primary time for the reason that West Indies tour in March.
ENGLAND TEST SQUAD FOR TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND:
Ben Stokes (capt), James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Will Jacks, David Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Olly Stone.
