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England announce 13-man squad for first West Indies test at The Ageas Bowl
FREE newsletter is just champion! Get the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inbox Jack Leach and Moeen Ali missed out on a place in England’s 13-man squad. Dom Bess of Somerset has won the battle for the slow-bowling berth as Leach is named in the reserves and Ali misses out entirely.Jos Buttler has been given the nod for the opener which will get underway on Wednesday morning, with each of Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley and Joe Denly set to make up the top four.Ben Stokes will become England’s 81st men's Test skipper when he leads the side out for the first time in the absence of Joe Root who is expecting the birth of his second child.
