England name unchanged squad for first two Tests of The Ashes
Josh Tongue keeps his place in an unchanged 16-man England squad for the first two Tests of this summer's five-match Ashes series against Australia.
England are currently on course to beat Ireland at Lord's in their only warm-up Test before the Ashes. Tongue, who is making his Test debut against Ireland, is retained in the seam attack with Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow selected as wicketkeeper.Ben Stokes , James Anderson , Jonny Bairstow , Stuart Broad , Harry Brook , Zak Crawley , Ben Duckett , Dan Lawrence , Jack Leach , Ollie Pope , Matthew Potts , Ollie Robinson , Joe Root , Josh Tongue , Chris Woakes , Mark Wood .
Robinson and Anderson missed out on the Ireland Test as they recover from minor injuries but are expected to be fit for the Ashes. Bairstow played in what was his first Test since August 2022 but did not bat in England's first innings.Men's Ashes fixtures :6 July: Third Test, Clean Slate Headingley, Leeds, 11:0027 July: Fifth Test, The Kia Oval, London, 11:00
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