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Strauss to lead
England at Lord's |
May 14, 2007
Michael
Vaughan has been ruled out of the
first test against West Indies with a
broken finger. Andrew Strauss will be
leading the side in his absence. England
have picked a 12-man squad for the
opening test at Lord's.
 Owais
Shah makes a comeback in the side, the right
hander has appeared in just the one test so far
in his career. The surprise inclusion is that of
Matt Prior, getting selected ahead of the hard
working Paul Nixon, who had a good time with the
One Day Side. The side has been packed with four
pacers - Hoggard, Harmison, Flintoff and
Plunkett to go with the lone spinner in Monty
Panesar.
Vaughan isn't the only injury problem for
England. Kevin Pietersen is still recovering
from a calf muscle strain while Freddie Flintoff
is having an ankle injury. James Anderson has
been added as a cover for the injured Flintoff.
This will be the first test match for the new
England Coach - Peter Moores, the successor of
Duncan Fletcher.
England squad :
Andrew Strauss
(Captain), Alastair
Cook, Owais Shah,
Ian Bell,
Kevin Pietersen,
Paul Collingwood,
Andrew Flintoff,
Matthew Prior
(Wicket Keeper),
Liam Plunkett,
Monty Panesar,
Steve Harmison,
Matthew Hoggard
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