Josh Hull set for England Take a look at debut vs Sri Lanka at The Oval

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Josh Hull, a 6ft 7in left-arm seamer, will make his England debut of their 3rd Take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka at The Oval, which begins on Friday. He’s going to exchange Matthew Potts in England’s most effective alternate from the aspect that received through 190 runs at Lord’s to safe an unassailable 2-0 lead within the sequence.

Hull, who most effective grew to become 20 closing month, was once a left-field alternative when Mark Picket was once dominated out of the sequence with a thigh damage. He has taken 11 wickets at 84.54 in his 9 County Championship appearances for Leicestershire, however his bodily attributes piqued the pastime of England’s control and he took fit figures of five for 74 on England Lions debut closing month.

He has additionally been named in England’s white-ball squads to stand Australia later this month – although his involvement at The Oval will most likely rule him out of competition for the primary T20I on the Utilita Bowl subsequent Wednesday, with a 24-hour turnaround from the scheduled finish of the 3rd Take a look at.

Ollie Pope, who’s status in for the injured Ben Stokes as captain, stated closing week that there’s “so much to love” about Hull. “He is not performed an enormous quantity of cricket but, however we’ve got noticed [other young players] who’ve are available and accomplished neatly… If you end up 6ft 7in, left-arm and will swing the ball at just right tempo, there is a lot to paintings with.”

England XI vs Sri Lanka: 1 Dan Lawrence, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope (capt), 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Jamie Smith (wk), 7 Chris Woakes, 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Olly Stone, 10 Josh Hull, 11 Shoaib Bashir

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