By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
James Anderson. (ICC – Twitter).
England have left bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad out of their squad to tour the West Indies In March.
Anderson, 39, is England’s all-time leading wicket-taker in Tests with 640 dismissals in 169 matches.
The 35-year-old Broad is second on that list, having taken 537 wickets in 152 matches.
Anderson and Broad both played in the recent Ashes series in Australia which England lost 4-0.
In the aftermath of that thrashing, England head coach Chris Silverwood, director of cricket Ashley Giles and assistant coach Graham Thorpe all left their roles.
Sir Andrew Strauss has temporarily taken over from Giles and he has appointed Paul Collingwood as England’s interim head coach for the West Indies tour.
England will arrive in Antigua on 25 February and will play a four-day warm-up match starting on 1 March followed by three Tests.
The first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua starts on 8 March.
England’s 16-man squad for three-Test tour of West Indies 2022
Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow, Zak Crawley, Matthew Fisher, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Matt Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.