England are expected to play a fairly different side against New Zealand as the likes of Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran and Moeen Ali, who were part of the now-suspended IPL 2021, have been given extended time off by the ECB. Meanwhile, Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes are also missing out through injuries.
With so many key players already unavailable, Michael Vaughan wants England to return to winning ways by fielding their strongest possible XI after the drubbing they received in India earlier in the year.
Ben Foakes’ injury means James Bracey is in line to make his Test debut at Lord’s tomorrow. Ollie Robinson is another English cricketer who could be handed his debut at the iconic venue.
Michael Vaughan wants England to play Stuart Broad and James Anderson together
England have heavily rotated their players over the past few months, but Michael Vaughan now wants the team to regularly play James Anderson and Stuart Broad together.
England will undoubtedly want to iron out any chinks in their armor before going into the Ashes Down Under. But prior to that, Joe Root and co. will be tested by New Zealand and India.
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