| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Ben Stokes (c) | Allrounder |
| Jofra Archer | Bowler |
| Jacob Bethell | Batting allrounder |
| Harry Brook | Batter |
| Brydon Carse | Bowling allrounder |
| Sam Cook | Bowler |
| Zak Crawley | Top-order batter |
| Ben Duckett | Top-order batter |
| Jamie Overton | Bowling allrounder |
| Ollie Pope | Middle-order batter |
| Joe Root | Top-order batter |
| Shoaib Bashir | Bowler |
| Jamie Smith † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Josh Tongue | Bowler |
| Chris Woakes | Allrounder |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGENG |  | 465 & 373/5 | beat | 471 & 364 |  | INDIND | 20/06/25 | India tour of England 2025 |
| ENGENG | | 218 & 195 | lost to | 477 | | INDIND | 07/03/24 | England tour of India 2023/24 |
| ENGENG | | 353 & 145 | lost to | 307 & 192/5 | | INDIND | 23/02/24 | England tour of India 2023/24 |
| ENGENG | | 319 & 122 | lost to | 445 & 430/4d | | INDIND | 15/02/24 | England tour of India 2023/24 |
| ENGENG | | 253 & 292 | lost to | 396 & 255 | | INDIND | 02/02/24 | England tour of India 2023/24 |
From an obsession with fitness to fixing bad habits, Stokes' return to form with the ball is a boon for England
In the absence of Broad and Anderson, the challenge for Stokes and McCullum is to manage their bowling strategy
Selectors keep faith with Woakes, Carse, Tongue as frontline seam attack for Edgbaston
They are all but certain to play two spinners; the second spinner could be Washington to provide the batting depth
Slip catching is increasingly a specialist's job - and made more so because white-ball cricket doesn't have much of a place for it
