England name Matthew Potts in their side as an extra seamer for the first Test against Sri Lanka at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday.
England have named Matthew Potts in their side as an extra seamer for the first Test against Sri Lanka at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday.
As a result, wicketkeeper Jamie Smith moves up to number six, followed by Chris Woakes at seven, then Gus Atkinson, Potts, Mark Wood and spinner Shoaib Bashir. Stokes was at England's training session on Monday and is likely to remain with the team throughout the series against Sri Lanka, but it was Pope and coach Brendon McCullum who addressed the squad.
Surrey's Lawrence has not played for England since Stokes and McCullum took charge, the most recent of his 11 Tests coming on the 2022 tour of the West Indies.However, Lawrence - who came through the ranks at Essex as an opener - has often opened in white-ball cricket, and done so five times in first-class matches.
While it is likely Crawley will come straight back into the side when he is fit, Lawrence could take inspiration from Brook, whose form when he replaced the injured Jonny Bairstow made him a fixture in the England Test side. Pope, 26, has been deputy to Stokes for most of the past two years. The last time England needed a stand-in Test captain was when Stokes deputised for Joe Root on paternity leave in 2020. An England captain has not missed a Test through injury since Michael Vaughan in 2007.
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