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Dan Lawrence named in England squad for two-Check tour of New Zealand

Dan Lawrence named in England squad for two-Check tour of New Zealand in February with Jonny Bairstow nonetheless absent… however there is not any place for spin sensation Rehan Ahmed

  • England have named a 15-man squad for February’s tour of New Zealand
  • Essex batter Dan Lawrence is a shock choice for the two-Check collection
  • It comes with Jonny Bairstow nonetheless recovering from his freak damaged leg 
  • Olly Stone, Matthew Potts and Stuart Broad all return to the bowling assault
  • That leaves no place for Rehan Ahmed, who will play T20 cricket in Abu Dhabi 

Dan Lawrence is the shock choice in England’s 15-man squad for his or her two-Check tour of New Zealand in February – however there is no such thing as a place for teenage spin sensation Rehan Ahmed.

Essex batter Lawrence owes his return to the continued absence of Jonny Bairstow, who has nonetheless not recovered from the badly damaged leg suffered in a freak accident on his native golf course.

There are additionally bowling recollects for Olly Stone, Matthew Potts and Stuart Broad, who missed the historic whitewash of Pakistan to be together with his newly-born daughter whereas Mark Wooden is rested after a busy winter in Pakistan and on the Twenty20 World Cup,

Dan Lawrence is back in the England Test squad for their tour of New Zealand in February

Dan Lawrence is again within the England Check squad for his or her tour of New Zealand in February

Lawrence (left) is seen batting alongside Joe Root during the West Indies series in March

Lawrence (left) is seen batting alongside Joe Root throughout the West Indies collection in March

Rehan Ahmed is left out of the squad despite impressing during the whitewash of Pakistan

Rehan Ahmed is omitted of the squad regardless of impressing throughout the whitewash of Pakistan

England’s fashionable pondering is mirrored by their choice to permit sure gamers to play franchise cricket early within the new yr as a result of, within the case of Ahmed at the least, they consider it’s higher for his or her all-round improvement.

The 18-year-old leg-spinner, who took seven wickets on his Check debut within the whitewash clinching third Check win in Karachi, will play within the inaugural T20 league in Abu Dhabi in January and is then prone to function in England’s three-match 50-over collection in Bangladesh in March.

In the meantime Joe Root, who has been rested for the three-match one-day collection in South Africa in January, is allowed to play ‘a handful’ of matches within the UAE earlier than having a brief break after which going to New Zealand as a result of England really feel that’s the easiest way for him to be prepared for the 50-over World Cup in India in October.

England squad for two-Check tour of New Zealand  

Stokes (captain), Anderson, Broad, Brook, Crawley, Duckett, Foakes, Jacks, Lawrence, Leach, Pope, Potts, Robinson, Root, Stone. 

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