England men have named an unchanged squad for the third Test against South Africa starting next Thursday (September 8) at the Kia Oval.
After an innings and 85-run win at Emirates Old Trafford, the Proteas’ innings and 12-run win at Lord’s in the first Test to win the series one-on-one, the selection panel, made up of captain Ben Stokes. Coach Brendon McCullum and Managing Director Rob Key have decided to build trust with their 14-man group.
Still, McCullum is willing to give players more and more opportunities to come good, especially with this group of players whom he and Stokes believe are the best available in the country right now for their respective roles.
Jack Crowley, who had a poor form this summer:-
Zak Crawley, who had suffered poor form this summer, was the player most under pressure to come up with good. But England’s 38 off 101 balls in their only innings at Manchester was lauded as the stage from which the hosts were able to post a total of 415 from the nine declared.
Now, his opening partner Alex Lees has been the focus of outside discussions, averaging 25 in six Tests so far this summer, though two half-centuries (Crawley has none).
Not many people are in line to bat at the top of the order
“There aren’t many people queuing up to bat at the top of the order, they all want to bat four, five, or six,” he said.“We just want to make sure that we are going to give people a chance. If there ever comes a time when we have new openers or new players, they will know that they will get as many chances as these guys have. done.
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“We’ve spent 10 years of Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook trying to find an opening partnership and that’s the hardest part of the batting at the moment. We’re going to give them a fair chance.”
England squad: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brooke, Jack Crowley, Ben Fox (wk), Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton, Matthew Potts, Olly Pope, Olly Robinson, Joe root
