Josh Tongue named for Lord’s Test as Moeen Ali misses out
Josh Tongue, the Worcestershire seamer, has been recalled to England’s XI for the second Test at Lord’s, beginning on Wednesday, after Moeen Ali was omitted following the finger damage he sustained at Edgbaston final week.
Tongue, 25, is a shock inclusion in England’s plans, regardless of the success he loved on this identical floor towards Ireland earlier this month. He claimed second-innings figures of 5 for 66 to arrange a ten-wicket win, and offered a hostile level of distinction to England’s assault on a gradual pitch that proved tough for creating wicket-taking alternatives.
His inclusion is the one change to the England workforce that misplaced the primary Test at Edgbaston by two wickets. James Anderson, who admitted he had been beneath his greatest in his first outing since a groin damage, has been retained alongside England’s stand-out seamers from the primary Test, Ollie Robinson and Stuart Broad.
Mark Wood, England’s quickest bowler, has been neglected as soon as once more, with Tongue’s potential to bowl longer spells a probable issue within the absence of a specialist spinner. Joe Root, who took up loads of the spin-bowling duties at Edgbaston, together with 13 overs as much as the brand new ball on the ultimate day, will as soon as once more assume that function for the workforce.
England: 1. Ben Duckett, 2. Zak Crawley, 3. Ollie Pope, 4. Joe Root, 5. Harry Brook, 6. Ben Stokes (capt), 7. Jonathan Bairstow (wk), 8. Stuart Broad, 9. Ollie Robinson, 10. Josh Tongue, 11. James Anderson