Captain Ben Stokes says the changes to the England Test team have been made with a focus on winning back the Ashes in Australia.
England begin the home summer against West Indies on Wednesday and have handed debuts to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith, pace bowler Gus Atkinson and preferred 20-year-old Shoaib Bashir to previous first-choice spinner Jack Leach.
Stokes responded by writing on X, formerly Twitter: “Said this to the team who had watched it rain for two days when we had our foot on your throats, just tried to cheer up the disappointment tbh, but anyways rent free and all that.” Anderson is the only pace bowler to reach 700 Test wickets. A few days shy of his 42nd birthday, he will play his 188th and final Test on the same ground where he made his debut 21 years ago.
“This week will all be about Jimmy and rightly so, but I can tell you that his main focus is about going out there, taking wickets and trying to win this game for England.”In addition to the fresh look of the England team, the home side will be boosted by Stokes’ fitness to fulfil the role of all-rounder.
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