England’s all-time main wicket-taker James Anderson has been rested for the Headingley Test. Pacer Josh Tongue too was unnoticed whereas vice-captain Ollie Pope was earlier dominated out for the rest of the sequence with a dislocated shoulder.
With Pope not within the squad, Harry Brook can be promoted to quantity three.
Anderson’s 688 wickets are probably the most taken by any quick bowler in Test historical past however the swing specialist has struggled on this sequence to date, with simply three wickets at greater than 75 apiece.
Moeen, earlier got here out of retirement for the primary Test however the spinner injured his finger, sitting out the second encounter at Lord’s.
Wood was not picked for the primary two Tests and England will welcome his fiery tempo whereas Woakes’s all-round capacity will give the hosts depth of their batting lineup.
Tongue made his check debut towards Ireland final month the place he impressed with a five-wicket haul within the second innings and made his Ashes bow at Lord’s, the place he took 5 in two innings.
England XI for third Test
Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Harry Brook, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wkt), Ben Stokes (capt), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad
(With inputs from Reuters)
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