The England Men\u2019s selection panel has named a 14-player squad for the Rothesay first Test match against India at Headingley, which begins on Friday 20 June 2025.<\/p>\n
England Men’s Test Squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ben Stokes (Durham) \u2013 Captain<\/p>\n Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)<\/p>\n Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)<\/p>\n Harry Brook (Yorkshire)<\/p>\n Brydon Carse (Durham)<\/p>\n Sam Cook (Essex)<\/p>\n Zak Crawley (Kent)<\/p>\n Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)<\/p>\n Jamie Overton (Surrey)<\/p>\n Ollie Pope (Surrey)<\/p>\n Joe Root (Yorkshire)<\/p>\n Jamie Smith (Surrey)<\/p>\n Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)<\/p>\n Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)<\/p>\n Surrey bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton returns to the Test set-up for the first time since earning his sole cap against New Zealand at Headingley in June 2022. The 31-year-old sustained a broken right little finger during the ODI against the West Indies on 29 May but continues to be assessed and reviewed daily by the England medical team.<\/p>\n Durham seamer Brydon Carse and the Warwickshire pair Jacob Bethell and Chris Woakes are included in the squad, having last featured during the Test tour of New Zealand in December.<\/p>\n Surrey\u2019s Gus Atkinson was unavailable for selection due to a right hamstring injury sustained during the recent Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.<\/p>\n Ends<\/p>\n Rothesay Test Series Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st Test: England v India, 20-24 June 2025, Headingley, Leeds<\/p>\n 2nd Test: England v India, 2-6 July 2025, Edgbaston, Birmingham<\/p>\n 3rd Test: England v India, 10-14 July 2025, Lord\u2019s, London<\/p>\n 4th Test: England v India, 23-27 July 2025, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester<\/p>\n 5th Test: England v India, 31 July-4 August 2025, Kia Oval, London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The England Men\u2019s selection panel has named a 14-player squad for the Rothesay first Test match against India…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,16516,4884,67494,67493,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-159827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-england-men","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-selection","13":"tag-squad-announcement","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114630002224237201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}