Crane Receives England Test Call Up

Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane has been named in England's 13-man squad for the upcoming First Investec Test against West Indies at Edgbaston.

Crane is included for the first time after impressing this season in the County Championship and earning his first cap in the England IT20 squad back in June.

Surrey’s top order batsman Mark Stoneman replaces Keaton Jennings and is set to earn his first cap in the inaugural day/night Test to be played in this country, whilst Warwickshire all-rounder Chris Woakes returns to the squad in place of Middlesex’s Steven Finn. 

England National Cricket Selectors have named the following 13-man squad for the first Investec Test match against West Indies starting at Edgbaston on Thursday August 17:

Joe Root (Yorkshire, captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire, wk), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Alastair Cook (Essex), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Dawid Malan (Middlesex), Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), Ben Stokes (Durham), Mark Stoneman (Surrey), Tom Westley (Essex), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

Investec Test Series Fixtures:

First Investec Test Match, England v West Indies, August 17-21, Edgbaston, Birmingham

Second Investec Test Match, England v West Indies, August 25-29, Headingley, Leeds

Third Investec Test Match, England v West Indies, September 7-11, Lord’s, London