A squad of 16 players will attend a pre-Ashes training camp this weekend at St George’s Park, the Football Association’s national football centre based at Burton-Upon-Trent.
Yorkshire’s Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow, fresh off their World Cup winning exploits, have been chosen in both the training squad, and the squad to take on Ireland in a four-day Test starting next Wednesday.
16-man squad
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Jimmy Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Rory Burns (Surrey)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Joe Denly (Kent)
Lewis Gregory (Somerset)
Jack Leach (Somerset)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Jason Roy (Surrey)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Olly Stone (Warwickshire)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
Mark Wood (Durham)
Lancashire’s Jos Buttler and Durham’s Ben Stokes are rested for the Ireland Test Match, after their exploits in England’s ICC Cricket World Cup final success.
Durham fast bowler Mark Wood (left side strain) and Sussex seamer Jofra Archer (left side strain) were not considered for selection. Wood is expected to be out of action for four to six weeks following the injury he sustained in Sunday’s World Cup final.
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