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England will give debuts to Jordan Cox and Sonny Baker as they reshuffle their side for the second Test against New Zealand, which starts at the Oval on Wednesday, while Matthew Fisher is to make a second appearance, more than four years after his first.<\/p>\n
Jofra Archer also returns to the side after missing the first match of the series while he took a break after the conclusion of the Indian Premier League. A third debut is still possible, with James Rew on standby and ready to step in as wicketkeeper should Jamie Smith be unable to play because of the imminent birth of his second child \u2013 the 25-year-old missed training on Monday to be with his partner.<\/p>\n While it is extremely unusual for a winning side to see so many changes, Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson were both left out of England\u2019s squad<\/a> after they broke the team curfew as they celebrated victory in the first match of the series, while Ollie Robinson has been ruled out of this week\u2019s game with a knee injury. Shoaib Bashir, who did not bowl at Lord\u2019s as England took a 1-0 lead in the series<\/a>, has been dropped to allow the team to play four seamers.<\/p>\n The team will be led by Joe Root, who has been appointed interim captain in Stokes\u2019s absence, more than four years after he chose to relinquish the role. He was given the job over Harry Brook, the team\u2019s vice-captain, who had his own disciplinary issues over the winter. Brendon McCullum, the England coach, said Brook had \u201cadmitted Joe was the right person to do it\u201d because \u201che\u2019s not the finished product as a leader just yet, and he acknowledged that he\u2019s not lived up to those [team] standards in the past.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s actually excited, because whilst he gave it everything he could last time around, he feels he\u2019s in a much better place now to be able to do that job,\u201d McCullum said of Root. \u201cAnd in the environment that we\u2019re running, he feels that that suits what he\u2019s trying to achieve as well. He mentioned to me that he feels Harry Brook\u2019s got arguably one of the best tactical brains that he\u2019s seen, so he\u2019ll be leaning heavily on Harry when it comes to the tactics.\u201d<\/p>\nQuick Guide<\/span><\/p>\n
England team for second Test v New Zealand<\/h4>\n