NEW DELHI: The England team will be without opener Zak Crawley for their upcoming three-match Test series against Sri Lanka due to a fractured right little finger.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced their 14-member squad on Sunday.
The series begins on August 21 at Old Trafford.
Crawley, aged 26, sustained the injury during England's third Test win over the West Indies last month.
Additionally, seamer Dillon Pennington will be absent because of a hamstring injury.
Jordan Cox has been called up to the Test squad for the first time. The 23-year-old middle-order batter was previously part of the white-ball squad that toured Pakistan in 2022.
Seamer Olly Stone re-enters the Test squad for the first time since June 2021.
Ben Stokes will captain the team during the series against Sri Lanka.
ENGLAND TEST SQUAD:
Ben Stokes (captain), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.
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