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Kerrigan recalled for England’s second Test against India

London: Lancashire's left-arm spinner Simon Kerrigan has been named in the England's second Test squad to face India starting this week at Lord's.

Kerrigan was seen practicing with Alastair Cook's side for past few days in the nets and hence ECB's announcement only comes as a confirmation. Kerrigan will have to leave Liverpool, where he is playing a County championship game against Nottinghamshire, and join the national side. The ECB rules permit his County to bring in a replacement.

Rest of the England squad remains same and no one has been dropped from the squad that was named for Trent Bridge.

The 25-year-old spinner made his only Test appearance in the fifth Ashes Test at the Oval and returned with rather forgettable figures of 0 for 53 in just eight overs, after which he fell out of favour with the English selectors.

Earlier, the talk about the spinner's return was fuelled by his presence as the 12th man in the first Test at Trent Bridge where he bowled during breaks. "He's in the frame - obviously we're in search of spinners," Saker had told Sky Sports News and added that the experience of being with the team will help Kerrigan even if he is not picked. "We'll have to go to Lord's and assess the conditions there but it's just good to get him around our group to give him more experience with us".

Kerrigan has been performing well this county season taking 28 first-class wickets an average of 34.25 for Lancashire and Saker believes that a bowler producing results will always be in the fray and Kerrigan has done that.

"He's doing well, he's got a fantastic first-class record and if you're looking for someone to step in as a spinner you could only look at him because of the stats he's producing," Saker added.

England squad:
Alastair Cook (Essex) (Capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Matt Prior (Sussex), Sam Robson (Middlesex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).


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England fast bowler James Anderson has been
charged under Level 3 of the ICC Code of Conduct
for Players and Player Support Personnel by
India team manager Sunil Dev following an alleged
incident that took place on the second day of the
first cricket Test at Trent Bridge.
The alleged offence has been reported under Article
2.3.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and
Player Support Personnel, which states: “Where the
facts of the alleged incident are not adequately or
clearly covered by any of the above offences,
conduct that either: (a) is contrary to the spirit of the
game; or (b) brings the game into disrepute”.
Anderson has been charged for allegedly abusing
and pushing Ravindra Jadeja immediately after they
left the field for lunch on Thursday. It is alleged that
this was a continuation of a verbal altercation
between Anderson and Jadeja as they were walking
from the field.
Level 3 charges are referred to a Judicial
Commissioner for adjudication. As such, where
required under Article 5.2 of the ICC Code of
Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel,
the ICC will appoint a Judicial Commissioner who
will hold a hearing as soon as reasonably
practicable. These details will be announced in due
course. Read. full article here James Anderson charged with offence under ICC’s Code of Conduct - ICC Cricket
 
Test Match 2 - Day 1

England won the toss and elected to field

Both Teams are unchanged
 
Stumps - Day 1

India 290/9 (90 Overs)

M Shami 14* (16)
I Sharma 12* (10)


M Vijay c Ballance b Plunkett 24 (67)
S Dhawan c Ballance b Anderson 7 (11)
C Pujara b Stokes 28 (117)
V Kohli c Prior b Anderson 25 (34)
MS Dhoni c Prior b Broad 1 (7)
R Jadeja lbw b Ali 3 (11)
S Binny lbw b Anderson 9 (19)
A Rahane c & b Anderson 103 (154)
B Kumar b Broad 36 (84)
 
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