England Squad for 4th Cornhill Test v West Indies

England today named a squad of 13 players for next week's 4th Cornhill Test Match against West Indies at Headingley (August 17th-21st)

The Hampshire left-arm pace bowler Alan Mullally is included in a Test squad for the first time this summer with Glamorgan off-spinner Robert Croft stepping down from the side who played at Old Trafford.

Announcing the squad, Chairman of Selectors, David Graveney said: "We have decided to leave Robert Croft out as we do not think that spin will be needed at Headingley.

"Alan Mullally is in a rich vein of form at the moment and we were also keen to keep Matthew Hoggard in the squad as Headingley is his home ground and he has a good track record there.

"Our final line-up will depend on an assessment of the pitch and the local weather conditions, but at this stage we are more than likely to play seven batsmen plus the four seam bowlers who played at Old Trafford."

England Squad

Players                               D.O.B       Tests
Nasser Hussain (Captain) (Essex)     28.03.68      51
Michael Atherton (Lancashire)        23.03.68     100
Andrew Caddick (Somerset)            21.11.68      35
Dominic Cork* (Derbyshire)           07.08.71      29
Darren Gough (Yorkshire)             18.09.70      41
Graeme Hick(Worcestershire)          23.05.66      58
Matthew Hoggard* (Yorkshire)         31.12.76       1
Alan Mullally (Hampshire)*           12.07.69      18
Alec Stewart  (Surrey)               08.04.63     100
Marcus Trescothick (Somerset)*       25.12.75       1
Graham Thorpe (Surrey)*              01.08.69      58
Michael Vaughan (Yorkshire)          29.10.74       6
Craig White (Yorkshire)              16.12.69      10
* denotes non-contracted player