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England's Front-line Seamer Stuart Broad Could Miss Out Playing First Test Against Windies In Southampton

England could well miss the experience of one of their best bowlers in red ball cricket as the 34-year-old, averages 24 with the ball from his previous two English summers. Broad has not missed a home Test since being rested against West Indies in 2012,

Hosts England could miss the services of their pace spearhead Stuart Broad as the veteran seamer could miss the series opener of the 3-match series against West Indies at Southampton in order to make way for tearway speedsters Jofra Archer and Mark Wood in the fast bowling unit led by James Anderson. According to a report in The Guardian, Broad "faces the prospect of missing a first home Test match in eight years as England give serious consideration to unleashing the dual pace of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood at the earliest opportunity". With Dom Bess being the lone spinner in a seam heavy 13-man English squad, the all seasoned and highly experienced Broad could be out of the playing XI in the match starting Wednesday. "With no spare batsman in this final group for Wednesday and one spinner, Dom Bess, it leaves the make-up of the seam attack as the only issue still to be debated by Chris Silverwood, the head coach, and Ben Stokes, his stand-in captain," the report further said. England could well miss the experience of one of their best bowlers in red ball cricket as the 34-year-old, averages 24 with the ball from his previous two English summers. Broad has not missed a home Test since being rested against West Indies in 2012, It should be noted that England play six back-to-back Tests (three against West Indies and three against Pakistan) and thus they would have to rotate their fast bowlers in order to keep them fresh. "It may yet be that the management hold the more physically fragile Wood back until the second Test at Old Trafford, given a potentially bouncier surface, thus putting less onus on Stokes to bowl in Southampton during what is his first outing as captain," the paper said. Both England and West Indies players will be seen wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' logo on the collar of their shirts in order to show solidarity with the 'Black Lives Matter' movement which has been going on ever since the death of George Floyd in US. England squad: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Rory Burns, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler(wk), Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
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