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England name Jon Lewis and Sajid Mahmood for Lord’s Test

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England Selectors have named a 13-man squad which includes uncapped pacers Jon Lewis and Sajid Mahmood for the 1st Test against Sri Lanka that begins on Thursday at Lord’s. Although England are going to miss Michael Vaughan, Steve Harmison, Ashley Giles, Simon Jones and James Anderson, they are still the favourites to win the 1st Test as they have enough resources and the home advantage. Andrew Flintoff would continue to lead England in Vaughan’s absence and so far Freddie has led England in 3 Tests out of which England has won and lost a match each with the other one being a draw. Marcus Trescothick who had left the India tour abruptly due to personal reasons has returned to the side and he is slated to open the batting with Andrew Strauss. Alastair Cook who scored a century on Test Match Debut in India recently might come in at No.3 and Ian Bell is the man likely to sit out among the batsmen.

Sajid Mahmood the fast bowler from Lancashire had played the One Day Series in India and although he looked pretty nippy, he was also wayward in his direction. Jon Lewis is the other uncapped seamer and he is also the Captain of Gloucestershire and the 30-year-old medium pacer has had the enormous experience of taking 533 first class wickets till date. Lewis has also played 3 ODIs for England in 2005 with moderate success.

England Squad for the 1st Test at Lord’s : Andrew Flintoff (Captain), Marcus Treschothick, Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell , Paul Collingwood, Geraint Jones (Wicket Keeper), Monty Panesar, Liam Plunkett, Matthew Hoggard, Sajid Mahmood, Jon Lewis