England will go into the second Ashes Test without a frontline spinner after announcing Josh Tongue’s inclusion to face Australia at Lord’s.
Moeen Ali, who has been battling a calloused spinning finger following his retirement comeback at Edgbaston, has made way for Tongue as the hosts elected to field four specialist seamers on a green pitch at the home of cricket.
Part-timer Joe Root will be England’s only slow-bowling option, with the rest of the hosts’ XI unchanged from the one that lost to the Aussies by two wickets in the first Test in Birmingham.