England have chosen to commence with an unchanged 14-men squad for the third and last test against Pakistan at Southampton.
They have decided because they have found out the squad strong enough not to make any changes.
England to play with an unchanged squad in the third test
Joe Root (C), James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Dom Sibley, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
It is to be noted that the first match was won by the hosts and they led 1-0 as the second test was drawn amidst the weather conditions.
On Tuesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) disclosed their T20 squad for the three-match T20I series against Pakistan that holds no player from the test squad playing the three-match test series against Pakistan currently.
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Tom Banton (Somerset), Sam Billings (Kent), Tom Curran (Surrey), Joe Denly (Kent), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), David Willey (Yorkshire).
To be noted, ECB also earlier disclosed that they will be choosing different squads for different formats to rest the players. The test players will be resting meanwhile, a whole new team will play against Pakistan that is to be led by Eoin Morgan.
However, the squad for a T20I series against Australia, their arch-rivals, will be revealed later.
The sides will be seen in action for T20I series behind closed doors on the mentioned dates below:
28 Aug – 1st T20I, Old Trafford
30 Aug – 2nd T20I, Old Trafford
1 Sep – 3rd T20I, Old Trafford
