IND vs ENG: England strengthen squad for Lord’s Test; third match begins July 10

Reeling from a crushing 336-run decision astatine Edgbaston, England person moved swiftly to bolster their bowling onslaught up of the 3rd Test against India astatine Lord’s, starting Thursday, July 10.The England Men's enactment sheet has added Gus Atkinson, a right-arm accelerated bowler from Surrey, to the squad. The 27-year-old returns to the Test set-up aft recovering from a hamstring wounded sustained during England’s triumph implicit Zimbabwe astatine Trent Bridge successful May.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!His inclusion is seen arsenic a nonstop effect to England’s struggles with the shot successful Birmingham, wherever India amassed a monolithic 587 successful the archetypal innings, led by Shubman Gill’s commanding 269.

The English bowlers toiled arsenic the visitors posted implicit 1000 runs crossed 2 innings, leaving skipper Ben Stokes visibly frustrated.

"At 200/5 we were happy," Stokes said aft the game. "But we conscionable weren’t capable to blast them open. They ended up getting a large archetypal innings full aft america having a bully start."

The caller summation brings gait and proven home pedigree - with 55 wickets successful conscionable 12 matches astatine an mean of 22.30, including champion figures of 7/45.

His instrumentality could besides pave the mode for a imaginable concern with Jofra Archer, who trained with the squad successful Birmingham and is being intimately monitored up of a imaginable Test comeback aft a four-year wounded layoff.With the bid level astatine 1-1, England whitethorn besides see resting Brydon Carse oregon Josh Tongue, some of whom person endured dense workloads successful the archetypal 2 Tests.The squad shake-up reflects England’s urgency to regain momentum and recalibrate their bowling firepower arsenic the bid shifts to the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground.

England squad for the 3rd Test vs India

Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Ben Stokes (c), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Sam Cook.