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Day 2: Welcome back to Test cricket and we are greeted with clear blue skies and bright sunshine. Lord s will sport a red look today in support of the Ruth Strauss Foundation which aims to raise awareness of the need for more research u0026 collaboration in the fight against non-smoking lung cancers and also provide emotional support to families. The England team will wear special red caps to support the cause. The stage is set for the start of the English Test summer as the action kicks off with the Richards-Botham Trophy between England and the West Indies. There couldn t be a better venue to start the summer of Test cricket in England than Lord s with Trent Bridge in Nottingham and Edgbaston in Birmingham hosting the second and third Tests respectively. With 700 wickets to his name Anderson is perched at the top of the wicket-taker list for pacers and third in the list of all bowlers. With Stuart Broad hanging up his boots last summer and Anderson following suit now it is time for the next generation to take over and it is reflected in the squad composition. Matthew Potts just six Tests old and the duo of Dillon Pennington and Gus Atkinson find a place in the squad. As has become a tradition England announced their playing XI a couple of days before the start of the Test. Atkinson has been picked ahead of Potts and Pennington joining James Anderson and Chris Woakes in the pace attack. On the batting front England have made some tough decisions dropping Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes with Jamie Smith set to debut and don the gloves. Ben Duckett Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope retain their places from the side that lost the Test series in India while Harry Brook who missed that series due to personal reasons is back in the mix. Joe Root and Ben Stokes stand tall as the batting mainstays for England yet again with the latter having gotten quite a few overs under his belt while playing for Durham and might feature with the ball as consistently as he did before his .

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