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England have resisted the urge to usher in Ben Foakes for the fourth Ashes Take a look at, and can as an alternative follow the out-of-form Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps.
The hosts on Tuesday confirmed an unchanged 14-man squad for subsequent Wednesday’s Outdated Trafford Take a look at, with Ollie Robinson nonetheless some hope to play regardless of again spasms.
James Anderson can be there after being unnoticed of the Headingley win, and is predicted to return to the XI for his hometown Take a look at.
However it’s the lack of a second specialist wicketkeeper in England’s squad that’s of most curiosity.
Whereas Bairstow made a run-a-ball 78 on the opening day of the Ashes, his common has dropped to 23.5 for the collection.
His wicketkeeping has turn out to be a much more important difficulty, dropping an additional three catches within the Headingley Take a look at to take his variety of missed probabilities to 6.
Foakes final performed for England in New Zealand in February, however has been the unfortunate man squeezed out of the group since Bairstow returned from a damaged leg.
ENGLAND 14-MAN SQUAD FOR MANCHESTER:
Ben Stokes (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wooden.