Foakes dropped by England forward of Ashes as Bairstow returns
There are additionally recollects for bowlers Mark Wood and Chris Woakes, whereas James Anderson is included regardless of a minor groin pressure and might be assessed forward of the sport, which begins on June 1.
Foakes, England’s incumbent wicketkeeper and broadly thought of among the finest glovemen on the planet, was all the time anticipated to be beneath stress for his place within the XI upon Bairstow’s return, however his omission from the 15-man squad to face Ireland is a shock.
Bairstow was England’s participant of the summer time batting at No5 final summer time, with Foakes sporting the gloves, however then missed winter excursions to Pakistan and New Zealand after struggling a horrific golf course leg harm.
In Bairstow’s absence, Harry Brook made himself nigh-on undroppable with 4 lots of in 5 matches throughout these collection, leaving a squeeze on middle-order positions, with England showing to take an early name forward of the Ashes that Foakes would be the man to overlook out.
“It was a seriously tough decision to leave Ben Foakes out of the squad,” said Rob Key, England’s managing director of men’s cricket. “He has been excellent for England in the last year, but Jonny Bairstow is one of the best players in the world whose performances last summer epitomised what we are about.”
Anderson suffered a groin strain while bowling for Lancashire against Somerset last week but the problem is not thought to be serious and he could yet feature. England’s bowling options are boosted by the return of Woakes, who is yet to feature in the Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum era after missing last year’s home summer through injury, and Wood, who was rested for the New Zealand tour.
England have also confirmed that Ollie Pope has been formally named vice-captain in a potentially significant move, given Stokes’ recent injury struggles.
England squad in full
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Dan Lawrence (Essex)
Jack Leach (Somerset)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Mark Wood (Durham)