England have dropped Johnny Bairstow from the squad for the tour of New Zealand, while fast bowler James Anderson will miss the two-Test series due to a calf injury.
Warwickisher opener Dominic Sibley has been named in the squad on the back of a good performance in domestic cricket. Apart from him, Kent batsman Zak Crawley and Lancashire’s Saqib Mehmood and Matt Parkinson have also got a place in the England team.
Dominic Sibley scored 1,324 runs at an average of 69.68, Warwickshire opener has 5 hundreds and 5 fifties to his name with the highest score of 244 runs in Division One.
Lancashire star player Saqid Mahmood and Matt Parkinson took 21 and 19 wickets respectively in Divison Two of County Championship. Both the Lancashire players are part of both Test and T20I squad.
Jason Roy, who performed poorly in the Ashes series, has also not been named in the 15-man squad. Surrey batsman Ollie Pope is back in the squad while Jos Buttler will play the wicketkeeper in Bairstow’s absence.
Somerset’s Tom Banton and Worcestershire Pat Brown along with Lancashire duo Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson received their maiden call for the T20I side.
The first Test match will begin on 21 November at Mount Maunganui. This series is not included in the new Test Championship. Before the Test series, there will be a five-match T20 series in which the team will be led by World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan.
TEST TEAM: Joe Root (captain), Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Matthew Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Dominic Sibley, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes.
T20I TEAM: Eoin Morgan (captain), Johnny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Pat Brown, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Saqib Mehmood, Dawid Malan, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, James Vince.
SERIES SCHEDULE:
T20I:
1st T20I- Christchurch- 1st November
2nd T20I- Wellington- 3rd November
3rd T20I- Nelson- 5th November
4th T20I- Napier- 8th November
5th T20I- Auckland- 10th November
TEST:
1st Test- Mount Maunganui- 21st-25th November
2nd Test- Hamilton- 29th November-3rd December