New Zealand v England: Stuart Broad returns to squad for two-match Test series

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Venues: Tauranga and Wellington Dates: 16-28 February 2023
Coverage: Live substance commentary connected the BBC Sport website.

Stuart Broad has been recalled to the England squad for the two-Test bid successful New Zealand successful February.

The Nottinghamshire seamer, 36, who has taken 566 Test wickets, missed the caller 3-0 bid triumph successful Pakistan pursuing the commencement of his archetypal child.

Rehan Ahmed, who became the youngest antheral to instrumentality a five-wicket haul connected Test debut, aged 18, and accelerated bowler Mark Wood, are some not successful the squad.

The archetypal Test begins successful Tauranga connected 16 February.

Durham's Matthew Potts and Essex's Dan Lawrence besides return, but determination is nary spot for Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow arsenic helium continues his betterment from a breached leg.

Potts made his Test debut against New Zealand successful June and has taken 20 wickets successful 5 appearances astatine an mean of 28.00, but was not considered for the Pakistan tour.

The bid moves to Wellington for the 2nd Test connected 23 February.

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England squad for Test bid successful New Zealand: Ben Stokes (Durham capt.), James Anderson (Lancashire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Will Jacks (Surrey), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Olly Stone (Nottinghamshire)

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As portion of Ahmed's absorption for this winter, the 18-year-old volition spell to the UAE T20 League successful January with a presumption to joining up with England's white-ball squad successful Bangladesh successful March.

There is besides nary spot successful the squad for Lancashire's spin-bowling all-rounder Liam Livingstone, who returned location from the circuit of Pakistan aboriginal aft suffering a genu wounded connected his debut successful the archetypal Test.

The bid marks the commencement of a immense twelvemonth for England's Test broadside with the Ashes against Australia taking spot successful the summer.

After the 2 matches successful New Zealand, England person 1 much Test against Ireland successful June earlier the Ashes starts aboriginal that month.

They volition look to support their melodramatic revival successful signifier nether the enactment of skipper Ben Stokes and manager Brendon McCullum, who person guided England to 9 wins from 10 Tests since taking complaint past summer.

That includes location bid wins against New Zealand and South Africa, triumph implicit India successful a rearranged Test, plus a 3-0 bid clean-sweep successful Pakistan, wherever they became the archetypal visiting squad to triumph 3 matches successful a bid successful the country.