Board in England Test squad

Stuart Broad has been named in England’s 13 man squad as cover for Steve Harmison for the first Test against India starting at Lord’s on 19th July.

Harmison is in doubt for the first Test after having a hernia problem during Durham’s recent match against Sussex and it is understood that the England medical team may wish him to have surgery to sort it out.

Chairman of selectors David Graveney said in a media release that “The chances of him playing are slim but they haven’t been written off completely, and on Monday night we’ll have a better picture.”

“It’s one of these scenarios where you continue to play until the doctors decide it’s the appropriate time to have an operation.”

“It will be very disappointing if we are without Stephen as he has been in excellent form for Durham recently and looked to be back to his best in the last Test against the West Indies.”

“It may mean that we have to go into this series with a relatively inexperienced attack.”

England Squad
Michael Vaughan (captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Paul Collingwood, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Ryan Sidebottom, Andrew Strauss