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England Ashes squad 2021: England announce 17-member squad for Ashes 2021-22 without any major change

Dixit Bhargav
|PublishedOct 10, 2021

England Ashes squad 2021: England announce 17-member squad for Ashes 2021-22 without any major change

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England Ashes squad: England have named a formidable 17-member squad for their most prestigious Test series to be played in December-January.

England have announced a formidable 17-member squad for the upcoming prestigious Ashes 2021-22 down under. While England have made three changes from the squad which was announced for the fifth Test against India last month, there hasn’t been any major or surprising change.

While all-rounder Moeen Ali has retired from Test cricket, another all-rounder Sam Curran has missed out on selection due to a “stress fracture” in his lower back. It is due to the same reason that the southpaw had been ruled out of Indian Premier League 2021 and ICC T20 World Cup 2021.

While spinner Dom Bess has made a comeback as Ali’s replacement, veteran pacer Stuart Broad has also been recalled after he sustained an injury during the India series.

“Nottinghamshire seamer Stuart Broad, who is to embark on his fourth Ashes tour, is making excellent progress from his torn right calf sustained in the summer during the Test series against India. Next week, he is set to return to bowling at The ECB Performance Centre in Loughborough, where the Ashes and Lions squads will prepare for the Australia tour,” ECB (England Cricket Board) said in a statement.

Batter Zac Crawley, who has played 15 Tests for England, has been included as a third change in addition to Bess and Broad. While vice-captain Jos Buttler has agreed to tour Australia, all-rounder Ben Stokes and fast bowler Jofra Archer will miss the tour due to an “indefinite break” from cricket to address mental well-being and injury respectively.

England Ashes squad 2021-22

Joe Root (c), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.