Robinson on stand-by for England’s Sri Lanka tour
Pace bowler Ollie Robinson is on stand-by for England’s tour of Sri Lanka.
The England national selectors have named a 16-strong squad and seven travelling reserves for the men’s Test tour of Sri Lanka. The touring party depart on January 2 and will play two Test matches behind closed doors at Galle International CricketStadiumon14-18January and 22-26 January.
Sussex pace ace Robinson is one of seven reserves - while England Test regular and Robinson’s Hove teammate Jofra Archer is being rested for the trip.
England Men’ s Test Squad: Joe Root (Yorkshire) (captain ), Moe en Ali( Worcestershire ), James Anderson( Lancashire ), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Dom
Bess ( Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes ( Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
Reserves: James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Amar Virdi (Surrey).
Archer and Ben Stokes have been rested for the tour and will return in February for the Test series against India.
The selectors will provide a block of rest for all multiformat players at various points over the winter period.
England’s tour of SriLanka runs from January 2 to January 27.