England drop batter Lawrence for Pakistan tour

England person dropped batter Dan Lawrence for nan circuit of Pakistan and included uncapped brace Jordan Cox and Brydon Carse successful a 17-man squad.

Captain Ben Stokes returns for nan 3 Tests successful October aft missing nan 2-1 bid conclusion of Sri Lanka pinch a hamstring injury.

Opener Zak Crawley is besides backmost aft missing nan aforesaid bid pinch a surgery finger.

In Crawley's absence, semipermanent batting reserve Lawrence was fixed nan opportunity to open, alternatively than his accustomed position successful nan mediate order.

But successful six innings his highest people was 35 and that came successful a skittish, almost slogging, effort successful nan 2nd innings of nan last Test, which England mislaid connected Monday.

Essex's Cox, 23, was an unused personnel of nan squad for nan Sri Lanka bid and provides screen for England pinch nan bat and down nan stumps. He will make his T20 world debut against Australia successful Southampton connected Tuesday.

Durham gait bowler Carse, 29, has already played 14 one-day internationals and 3 T20s.

He possesses genuine gait and holds a cardinal statement but has missed 3 months of this play aft being banned for historical gambling offences.

Jack Leach, who mislaid his spot to Somerset team-mate Shoaib Bashir arsenic England's first-choice spinner, is successful nan squad, alongside leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed. Left-armer Tom Hartley misses retired contempt playing each 5 Tests connected nan circuit of India earlier this year.

In all, location are six frontline seamers chosen, including 20-year-old left-armer Josh Hull pursuing his debut against Sri Lanka successful nan 3rd Test astatine The Oval.

Chris Woakes will spell connected his first England Test circuit since Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum took complaint of England successful 2022, alongside Gus Atkinson, Olly Stone, Matthew Potts, Carse and Hull.

The inflated number of seamers could beryllium down to fittingness doubts complete Stokes and Atkinson, nan second struggling pinch a thigh problem.

There is besides disorder complete nan venues, which were owed to beryllium Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan.

However, building activity successful Karachi is apt to time off that stadium unavailable, and a caller schedule is owed to beryllium announced this week.

There has been speculation that portion of nan bid could beryllium shifted to nan United Arab Emirates, but it is now thought nan full bid will return spot successful Pakistan, perchance pinch 2 Tests successful Rawalpindi.

Pakistan played some Tests of their 2-0 conclusion by Bangladesh successful Rawalpindi and did not prime a master spinner for nan first Test, opting for 4 seamers.

England won 3-0 connected their past sojourn to Pakistan successful 2022, nan first clip a visiting squad had recorded a 3-0 cleanable expanse successful nan country.