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Bazball 2.0 takes shape with senior England players left out of Test squad
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- Bairstow, Foakes and Leach miss West Indies series start
- Surrey keeper Jamie Smith handed maiden Test call-up
The end of Jimmy Anderson’s remarkable Test career will also be the start of a new chapter – Bazball 2.0, perhaps – after England named a 14-man squad for the start of the forthcoming series against West Indies that sees change very much afoot.
Out with the old, in with the new is the call from Rob Key, the men’s team director, having now settled the old wicket-keeping debate of Jonny Bairstow or Ben Foakes. The pair of them dropped after the 3-1 defeat by India earlier this year is the answer, with Surrey’s Jamie Smith, 23, handed a maiden Test call-up and the gloves.
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