Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes and Jack Leach have all lost their places, while Surrey's Jamie Smith has been handed the gloves
Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes and Jack Leach have all lost their places, while Surrey's Jamie Smith has been handed the gloves, who took 17 wickets at 33.75 on the tour of India earlier this year, is included ahead of Leach, who missed the final three Tests of that series with a knee injury. Leach has since returned for Somerset but has only taken four wickets at 72 in three County Championship matches.
However, he is an aggressive batter who averages 40.80 in first-class cricket and fits the Bazball profile down to a tee. This summer he is averaging 50.70 and has hit five 50-plus scores already, including one century. Foakes is undoubtedly the best wicketkeeper in the country but his limitations with the bat were exposed during the 4-1 series defeat in India, where his inability to counterattack often left England unable to fight their way out of tight situations.This was most acute during the second innings of the fourth Test in Ranchi, when Foakes, who has admitted: “I’m not very Bazball”, scored 17 in 76 balls when England were fighting to set India a challenging total to stay in the series.
Surrey seamer Gus Atkinson is the only other uncapped player included but he was an unused squad member on that tour of India earlier this year.
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