Ollie Pope holds place in England squad for third Test, regardless of injured shoulder
Ollie Pope has been retained in England’s squad for the third males’s Ashes Test at Headingley on Thursday regardless of sustaining shoulder accidents in each of Australia’s innings at Lord’s.
Pope will endure scans on his proper shoulder on Monday after England’s 43-run defeat within the second Test, ESPNcricinfo understands. England are resulting from journey to Leeds tomorrow and Pope’s standing forward of the third Test will develop into clearer after his scans.
He jarred the shoulder on the primary day of the match, leaving the sphere for the remainder of Australia’s first innings, and appeared to worsen it of their second innings after England had been advised that they might not be permitted to make use of a substitute fielder.
Dan Lawrence stays the one spare batter in England’s squad and, within the occasion that Pope will not be deemed match to play in Leeds, he can be anticipated to interchange Pope in a like-for-like change at No. 3. Ben Foakes, the Surrey wicketkeeper, is once more ignored.
England hope that Moeen Ali will be capable to play a full half within the third Test after resting his finger and Rehan Ahmed, who was added to the squad for the Lord’s Test as cowl, has dropped out of the squad.
Matthew Potts, the Durham seamer who performed six Tests final yr, has additionally been ignored. Chris Woakes and Mark Wood are the opposite seam-bowling choices within the squad, past the 4 quick bowlers who performed at Lord’s.
England had hoped to choose Wood within the second Test, however chosen Josh Tongue in his place when Wood deemed himself unfit for choice. Ben Stokes, England’s captain, prompt Wood can be unleashed in Leeds after an additional week of build-up.
Stokes himself bowled a 12-over spell in Australia’s second innings as he continues to handle a persistent left-knee damage. “It’s pretty obvious I’ve been carrying this knee problem for a while,” he mentioned. “I’m picking my moments to bowl.”
He additionally insisted that England might come again from two-nil all the way down to win the sequence. “It’s actually very exciting to know that the way in which we are playing our cricket couldn’t be more perfect for the situation we find ourselves in,” Stokes mentioned.
“We have to win these three games to get this urn back. We’re a team who are obviously willing to put ourselves out there and do things against the narrative. Now, these three games are a better opportunity than we’ve ever found ourselves in before.”
Stokes cited England’s earlier sequence wins beneath his captaincy as proof that they may win three video games in a row. “We won three-nil against New Zealand. We won three-nil against Pakistan in Pakistan. We’ve won three games in a row twice; all we’re thinking about is winning the series 3-2.”
England squad for third Ashes Test: Ben Stokes (captain), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood