The English have been pinning down one team after another since appointing Ben Stokes as their Test captain and former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum as the Test team head coach.
Robinson limped during Sussex's County Championship match against Glamorgan last week, experiencing irritation in his Achilles tendon, while on the other hand, Anderson suffered a groin strain during Lancashire's match against Somerset earlier this month. Both of these players have not bowle
With key players sidelined due to injuries, which include first-choice wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and back-up wicketkeeper KL Rahul, the Indian setup is in a tough spot with the important one-off Test against Australia set to unfold at The Oval on June 7.
Jonny Bairstow grabbed all the headlines when England announced their squad for the one-off Test against Ireland, with the wicket-keeper batter returning after an eight-month layoff just in time for the Ashes.
Foakes was a key member of England's squad that won six of seven Tests last summer and maintained his form over the winter, taking six catches and scoring a half-century in the series against New Zealand after missing the first Test due to illness. Under the Ben Stokes-Brendon McCullum leade
Anderson had left the field with a mild groin strain during Lancashire's County Championship game last week. The one-off Test against Ireland will be played from June 1 onwards while the Ashes will start from June 16 onwards. While there were worries about the injury given that the Ashes was
Andrew Balbirnie will lead a strong Ireland squad that will take on England at Lord's in the one-off Test from June 1. Little, who returned from the IPL to play in the Bangladesh series, was rested for the Test considering the white-ball commitments in the near future.
Ireland opener Paul Stirling had to participate in Ireland's tour of Bangladesh for the white-ball leg, but after changes to the schedule, he has made himself available for the Sri Lankan tour, which originally had a one-off Test and two ODIs, but giving preference to the longer format, an a