NZ vs ENG: On one hand, the Indian cricket team is on a tour of Australia, on the other hand, the England cricket team is busy playing a test series in Australia’s neighboring country, New Zealand. The England team on the tour of New Zealand has suffered a major setback before the start of the Test series. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jordan Cox was injured.
Cox was ruled out of the tour with a fractured right toe on the second day of England’s practice match against a Prime Minister’s XI in Queenstown on Sunday. In his place, Ollie Pope is to play the role of wicketkeeper in the first Test. Meanwhile, big news has arrived from England. Wicketkeeper Ollie Robinson has been called up in New Zealand midway through the first Test to replace the injured Jordan Cox.
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With Jamie Smith going on paternity leave, Jordan Uncapped Cox was handed wicketkeeping duties for the entire series but was injured before the first Test. After this, Ollie Pope took over the wicketkeeping duties in the first Test starting in Christchurch on Thursday, with Jacob Bethel handed his first Test cap.
Ollie Robinson may get a chance in the second Test in Wellington, which starts next Friday i.e. December 6). Strangely, he is the second player of the same name to feature in the England squad in the last three years. Let us tell you, he is not related to the other Ollie Robinson, although both players were born in Kent and share the same birthday, 1 December.
Updated England squad for New Zealand tour: Zach Crowley, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethel, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope (wk), Ben Stokes (c), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carrs, Shoaib Bashir, Bencherhan Ahmed, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Ollie Stone , Ollie Robinson.
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