Ben Duckett and Dillon Pennington have been included in England’s 14-strong squad for the first two Test matches of the three-match Test series against West Indies, including the fixture at Trent Bridge from Thursday 18 July for which tickets are available here...
Pennington wins his maiden senior call up after an impressive start to the season in First-Class cricket, with 29 Championship wickets at an average of 23.03 in Division One.
That includes his first five-wicket haul for Nottinghamshire against Somerset at Trent Bridge.
Duckett, meanwhile, returns to the Test fold having been in the Three Lions’ recent T20 World Cup squad.
He scored 343 runs on England’s Test tour to India in the winter, having previously enjoyed a successful home Ashes series last summer.
Elsewhere, Jamie Smith has been included in the squad for the first time, while uncapped seamer Gus Atkinson is also named.
England Men's Test Squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
James Anderson (Lancashire) (First Test only)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Dan Lawrence (Surrey)
Dillon Pennington (Nottinghamshire)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Jamie Smith (Surrey)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Test Series Versus West Indies
1st Test: England v West Indies, 10-14 July 2024, Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
2nd Test: England v West Indies, 18-22 July 2024, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
3rd Test: England v West Indies, 26-30 July 2024, Edgbaston, Birmingham
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Duckett and Pennington are in the England squad for the Three Lions' Test against West Indies at Trent Bridge (18-22 July), with general admission seating for days one to three now sold out.