The Ashes 2023: Jofra Archer ruled out for summer as England recall Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow has played successful Yorkshire's past 2 County Championship matches

Jonny Bairstow has returned to the England Test squad arsenic wicketkeeper successful spot of Ben Foakes, but Jofra Archer has been ruled retired for the summer.

Fast bowler Archer has a recurrence of the accent fracture successful his close elbow.

James Anderson is named successful the 15-man squad contempt suffering a groin wounded whilst playing for Lancashire.

The four-day Test against the Irish astatine Lord's is England's last mentation for the Ashes bid against Australia, which begins connected 16 June.

England squad: Ben Stokes (Durham captain), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

Anderson is joined by Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson and Matthew Potts successful the fast-bowling department, portion Mark Wood provides a high-pace enactment aft missing the 1-1 gully successful New Zealand.

There is besides a callback for Chris Woakes, who past played a Test successful March of past twelvemonth and is yet to diagnostic since skipper Ben Stokes and manager Brendon McCullum took charge.

Batter Ollie Pope has officially been confirmed arsenic Stokes' vice-captain aft starring England successful warm-up matches implicit the winter. His elevation is significant, fixed Stokes' caller occupation with a long-standing genu complaint.

Surrey's Foakes, 30, tin see himself unfortunate. Regularly labelled by Stokes arsenic "the champion wicketkeeper successful the world", helium has been a regular for England successful their tally of 10 wins from their past 12 matches.

However, aft Bairstow suffered his freak wounded slipping connected a play course, his replacement Harry Brook enjoyed a stellar commencement to his Test career, with 4 hundreds successful six matches.

That near England with a dilemma of however to accommodate the returning Bairstow, who himself smashed six centuries successful 2022 earlier suffering the injury.

Any suggesting of re-jigging the batter bid was ever improbable - immoderate adjacent advocated Stokes arsenic opener - leaving a consecutive prime betwixt Bairstow and Foakes.

Bairstow, 33, has kept successful 49 of his 89 Tests and volition instrumentality his spot down the stumps for the archetypal clip since September 2021.

"It was a earnestly pugnacious determination to permission Ben Foakes retired of the squad. He has been fantabulous for England successful the past year, but Jonny Bairstow is 1 of the champion players successful the satellite whose performances past summertime epitomised what we are about," said England manager of cricket Rob Key.

The caller elbow wounded is the latest setback for 28-year-old Archer, who has not played a Test since February 2021.

After a drawstring of backmost and elbow problems, Archer returned to play white-ball cricket for England earlier this year.

However, helium made an aboriginal instrumentality from his spell with Indian Premier League broadside Mumbai Indians aft suffering further discomfort successful his elbow and a scan has revealed the accent fracture.

He volition walk clip recovering with aesculapian teams from England and his region Sussex, but determination indispensable present beryllium immense doubts implicit whether Archer volition ever adhd to his 13 Test caps.

"It has been a frustrating and upsetting play for Jofra Archer," said Key.

"He was making bully advancement until a recurrence of the elbow injury, which kept him retired for an extended play previously.

"We privation him the champion of luck with his recovery. I'm definite we volition spot Jofra backmost to his champion and winning games for England, immoderate the format. Hopefully, sooner alternatively than later."