England Cricket on July 2 (Sunday) announced the senior men's national team's squad for the upcoming third Ashes Test match against Australia. The Three Lions squad for the third Test consists of 15 players and all-rounder Moeen Ali has been retained despite missing the second match of the series. While Ali was retained, Rehan Ahmed and Matthew Potts were axed from the squad. The third Test match between England and Australia is scheduled to begin on July 6 at Headingley.
England squad for the 3rd Ashes Test: Ben Stokes (captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Moeen Ali, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
Ashes 2023 remaining schedule:
3rd Test: July 6-July 10, Headingley, Leeds
4th Test: July 19-July 23, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
5th Test: July 27-July 31 Kia Oval, London
Meanwhile, Australia outlasted another epic solo assault by England captain Ben Stokes to win the second Ashes test by 43 runs with a session to spare on a salty last day Sunday.
Stokes seemed to be pulling a stunning victory out of impending defeat for England with an astonishing 155 that echoed another unforgettable century in a thrilling fourth-innings chase to win the Ashes test at Headingley in 2019.
Again, he turned hope into expectation for a sold-out crowd and helped to reduce a never-reached 371 target at Lord's to 70.
Then he was gone, top-edging a short ball from Josh Hazlewood behind to wicketkeeper Alex Carey. A febrile Lord's sunk into silence until the crowd rose to send Stokes off to a sustained standing ovation.
He was the seventh man out, and the tail wagged for another hour. England was all out for 327 and congratulated Australia on the pavilion steps after the victors were booed off the field.
Australia leads the series 2-0 and the holder can clinch a first Ashes series win in England since 2001 at Headingley in the third test starting on Thursday.
England's chances of retaking the urn were bleak. Only one team has ever come back from 2-0 down in the Ashes, and it had Don Bradman, in 1937.
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(With agency inputs)
