Woakes named in England Men's Ashes squad

England Men's selection panel have named an unchanged 16-player squad for the first two LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes Test matches against Australia starting at Edgbaston on Friday 16 June 2023.

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2023-06-03T13:18:32.000Z

The England party will report to Birmingham on Monday 12 June. They are due to practice at Edgbaston from Tuesday 13 June.

Woakes, if selected, will be looking to add to an impressive Test career, which has seen the 34-year-old take 130 wickets and score 1,675 runs in 45 Tests.

At Edgbaston, the home-grown product has played two Tests, picking up nine dismissals.

England Men's Ashes Test Squad:

Ben Stokes (Durham) CaptainJames Anderson (Lancashire)Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)Harry Brook (Yorkshire)Zak Crawley (Kent)Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)Dan Lawrence (Essex)Jack Leach (Somerset)Ollie Pope (Surrey)Matthew Potts (Durham)Ollie Robinson (Sussex)Joe Root (Yorkshire)Josh Tongue (Worcestershire)**Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)**Mark Wood (Durham)

LV= Insurance Men’s Ashes Series

1st Test: England v Australia, 16-20 June, Edgbaston, Birmingham2nd Test: England v Australia, 28 June-2 July, Lord’s, London3rd Test: England v Australia, 6-10 July, Headingley, Leeds4th Test: England v Australia, 19-23 July, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester5th Test: England v Australia, 27-31 Kia Oval, London