James Anderson, Stuart Broad left out of new-look England Test squad for West Indies tour

England's all-time leading Test wicket takers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were the highest-profile casualties as the country's cricket board reacted to the Ashes drubbing with sweeping changes to the squad for the three-Test tour of West Indies next month.

Fast bowlers Anderson and Broad have taken a combined 1,177 wickets in Test cricket but were left out of the 16-man squad by a selection panel comprising of interim managing director Andrew Strauss, interim head coach Paul Collingwood and head scout James Taylor.

Openers Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed, wicketkeepers Jos Buttler and Sam Billings, spinner Dom Bess and Dawid Malan were also dropped.

Strauss said it was time to draw a line under the 4-0 defeat by Australia and refresh the squad with some new faces, although he said it was «not the end» for Anderson and Broad, who are 39 and 35 years old respectively.

* Did not play in the Ashes

«With the start of a new cycle, it has allowed the selection panel to refresh the Test squad with a particular focus on competing away from home,» Strauss said.

«In respect of James Anderson and Stuart Broad, I want to emphasise this does not mean the end for them as England players. We feel that it is important to look at some exciting new bowling potential and give some added responsibility to other players who have featured previously.

»No-one doubts the quality and experience that James and Stuart bring to the England set-up. It will be up to the new managing director and permanent head coach to decide on whether they will be involved this summer and beyond."

While Anderson and Broad have been omitted, it is England's batting that has consistently let them down over the past 12 months.

During the Ashes they did not manage one total