Jason Roy to Make Ashes Debut, Jofra Archer Misses out

London: Jason Roy will make his Ashes debut at Edgbaston as England announced their playing XI for the first Test against Australia starting Thursday. England’s World Cup hero Jofra Archer, who was named in the 14-man squad for the series, missed out on a spot and thus has to wait for his Test debut.

England has gone in with a pace battery comprising veterans James Anderson and Stuart Broad along with all-rounders Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes. Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler are both in the playing XI but the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in its release have not specified as to who will be wearing the wicketkeeper’s gloves.

Sam Curran and Olly Stone are the two players apart from Archer who has missed out on a spot in the playing XI. After the World Cup, Archer was nursing a side injury and returned to Barbados to rest, missing the chance for a Test debut against Ireland at Lord’s. He returned to action on Friday, taking two wickets for Sussex in the Twenty20 Blast. (IANS)

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