England bat first in second Test against West Indies
England captain Joe Root won the toss and chose to bat first against the West Indies on the opening day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday.
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England win toss, bat first in second test against West Indies
Pace bowlers Matt Fisher and Saqib Mahmood will make their test debuts for England in the second test in Barbados, where England will bat first on Wednesday after winning the toss for the second time in as many tests.
England: Saqib Mahmood to make long-awaited Test debut against West Indies
Saqib Mahmood will make his long-awaited Test debut for England in Barbados, replacing Mark Wood in the XI after Ollie Robinson was deemed too much of a risk.
West Indies vs England: Saqib Mahmood To Make Test Debut vs WI
Lancashire seamer Saqib Mahmood is making his Test debut for England in the upcoming match against West Indies at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. England Cricket Board (ECB) announced their Playing XI for the second Test against West Indies and made only one change from the drawn first Test in Antigua. Mahmood will make his Test debut replacing Durham's Mark Wood, who has a right elbow injury.
West Indies vs England 2nd Test: Saqib Mahmood to debut as England, West Indies reset for second Test
In stark contrast to the pitches for their previous series in the Caribbean in 2019 when the hosts' fast bowlers dominated in Barbados and Antigua before Mark Wood led the charge for the tourists in claiming a consolation win in St Lucia, pacers look set for another tough workout over the next five days. With Wood sidelined by an elbow injury suffered during his first-Test exertions and Ollie Robinson still not recovered fully from back spasms experienced in the warm-up match, Saqib Mahmood gets a Test debut for England at the venue where he took a hammering in the T20 international series played between the teams seven weeks earlier.
Mahmood set for England test debut v West Indies, Wood out through injury
Fast bowler Saqib Mahmood will make his test debut against West Indies in Barbados, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday, after Mark Wood was ruled out of the second test with a right elbow injury.
Saqib Mahmood to make long-awaited Test debut for England against West Indies
Saqib Mahmood will make his long-awaited Test debut for England in Barbados, replacing Mark Wood in the XI after Ollie Robinson was deemed too much of a risk.
England in West Indies: Mark Wood ruled out of second Test
England fast bowler Mark Wood has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies in Barbados and will be replaced by Saqib Mahmood.