ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023: Why is Chris Woakes Not Playing England vs Australia 1st Test? Check ENG Playing XI

The important news development coming from the England camp is that they have not included seam bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes in their playing 11 for the opening Ashes 2023 Test match against Australia taking place at the Edgbaston in Birmingham. Under the combo of coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes, England have managed to win 5 out of their last 6 Test matches in different conditions. However, England have not won a single Ashes Test series against Australia since 2015 at home.

ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023: Why is Chris Woakes Not Playing England vs Australia 1st Test?

Interestingly, Chris Woakes misses out from the England playing XI for the ENG vs AUS 1st Test Ashes 2023 starting from Friday. The English seam bowling all-rounder has not played a single Test match since March 2022 against West Indies. Incidentally, Woakes has played as many as 45 Test matches for England so far where he has taken a total of 130 wickets at an average of 30.74. The right-handed lower-order batsman has also scored 1675 runs in the longest format of the game that includes 6 half-centuries and 1 hundred. He warmed the bench during the recently concluded one-off Test match against Ireland at home. However, England have already announced that the trio of James Anderson, Ollie Robinson and Stuart Broad will be their frontline pace bowlers for the opening Test match against Australia.

ENG Playing XI

1. Ben Duckett
2. Zak Crawley
3. Ollie Pope
4. Joe Root
5. Harry Brook
6. Ben Stokes (c)
7. Jonny Bairstow (wk)
8. Moeen Ali
9. Stuart Broad
10. Ollie Robinson
11. Jimmy Anderson

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England squad for first two Ashes 2023 Tests

Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Moeen Ali.

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