Potts to make England Test debut vs NZ | 'He thoroughly deserves his chance'

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.

England XI for first LV= Insurance Test versus New Zealand

1. Zak Crawley (Kent)2. Alex Lees (Durham)3. Ollie Pope (Surrey)4. Joe Root (Yorkshire)5. Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)6. Ben Stokes (Durham) captain7. Ben Foakes (Surrey) wicketkeeper8. Matthew Potts (Durham)9. Jack Leach (Somerset)10. Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)11. James Anderson (Lancashire)

Sky Sports News' James Cole, at Lord's:

"Potts has been prolific in the County Championship and has looked really relaxed around the camp.

"He didn't get to bowl on Tuesday because of