'Phenomenal' Potts to make England Test debut | Stokes: He is ready

Durham seamer Matthew Potts will make his England Test debut against New Zealand at Lord’s on Thursday, live on Sky Sports.

Potts is the leading County Championship wicket-taker this season, with 35 scalps at an average of 18.57 across his opening six games in Division Two and a best of 7-40 against Glamorgan.

Stuart Broad and James Anderson are also recalled to to the bowling attack for the first Test under new coach Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.

Anderson, 39, and Broad, 35, were dropped for the recent 1-0 series defeat in the West Indies in March.

England are without a host of pace bowlers due to injury, with Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes, Olly Stone, Saqib Mahmood, Ollie Robinson and Matt Fisher among those sidelined.

Zak Crawley and Alex Lees are retained as openers as Ollie Pope returns to the side and is handed a promotion to No 3.

Joe Root is back at his preferred spot of No 4 with Jonny Bairstow up to No 5 following Stokes' decision to drop himself down a position to No 6. Wicketkeeper Ben Foakes completes the top seven.

Somerset seam bowler Craig Overton and uncapped Yorkshire batter Harry Brook are the two members of the initial 13-man squad to miss out on the final XI.

Stokes said of Durham team-mate Potts: "I've spent three games playing with him this summer and he has been outstanding. He has been the guy [Durham captain] Scott Borthwick has turned to for wickets.

"The good thing this season is that county cricket has not been all plain sailing for the bowlers like in previous years - you have really had to work for your wickets and he has created things out of nowhere.

"The one thing that really made my mind up with him being in the squad was when he bowled us to victory against Glamorgan on day