Jacob Bethell will make his England Take a look at debut within the opening Take a look at of the three-match sequence towards New Zealand in Christchurch.
England have named their workforce for the sequence opener two days out from the primary day’s play on Thursday November 28, with the 21-year-old Warwickshire batter set to come back in at No 3.
Bethell, a shock choice for the sequence initially, has not but scored a first-class hundred and has a profession common of 25.44. However the teen has impressed as a part of the white-ball set-up since making his debut on the back-end of the summer season, with two fifties in his first seven T20 internationals and one half-century in eight ODIs.
Bethell was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for £246,000 as a part of the Indian Premier League public sale on Monday, seeing him be a part of fellow England team-mates Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone on the franchise for his maiden IPL marketing campaign.
Ollie Pope will maintain wicket for England within the first Take a look at within the absence of Jordan Cox, who fractured his proper thumb throughout observe final weekend in Queenstown. Pope additionally drops right down to No 6 within the order.
Cox had been set to deputise for Jamie Smith behind the stumps, who misses the sequence whereas getting ready for the start of his first little one.
England’s bowling assault chosen for the primary Take a look at consists of Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse because the three seamers – with captain Ben Stokes a fourth choice – and Shoaib Bashir getting the nod over Jack Leach because the front-line spinner.
Leach, in addition to leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed and tempo choices Olly Stone and Matthew Potts sit out the primary Take a look at.
Thorpe and Crowe honoured in new NZ vs England trophy
Former England batter Graham Thorpe, who handed away earlier this 12 months, has been honoured alongside ex-New Zealand captain, the late Martin Crowe, as a part of a brand new trophy that New Zealand and England will compete for within the sequence.
The Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, a collaboration between New Zealand Cricket, the ECB and the households of every participant, can be unveiled on the morning of the primary Take a look at.
A bit from the bat Thorpe used to attain his first two Take a look at centuries towards New Zealand – in consecutive Exams in 1997 – has been used as a part of the trophy, his handwriting detailing the 2 scores lifted off the face.
The bat donated by the Crowe household was the GM that Martin used for his hundred towards England at Lord’s in 1994.
Each have been massively profitable Take a look at batsmen of their time: Crowe averaged 45.36 and posted 17 centuries, with a highest rating of 299, whereas Thorpe averaged 44.66, with 16 centuries and a highest rating of 200 not out – towards New Zealand in 2002.
England’s Take a look at tour of New Zealand
- First Take a look at: November 28-December 2 (Christchurch)
- Second Take a look at: December 6-10 (Wellington)
- Third Take a look at: December 14-18 (Hamilton)
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