England squad: Jonny Bairstow dropped from Test team for tour of New Zealand
Uncapped quartet Matthew Parkinson, Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley and Saqib Mahmood are included for the two-match series
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Your support makes all the difference.Jonny Bairstow has been dropped from England’s Test side for the series against New Zealand.
The Yorkshire batsman featured throughout the Ashes but misses out for the two-match series against the Black Caps, though he will be involved in the 15-man IT20 squad.
Warwickshire opener Dominic Sibley is rewarded with his first call-up after a fine summer accumulating 1,324 runs in the County Championship, while Kent’s Zak Crawley is also included in captain Joe Root's squad, alongside Lancashire duo Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson.
James Anderson continues to be unavailable after his calf injury, with the next goal to feature in the tour of South Africa this winter.
The two matches against the Black Caps will not contribute to the ICC’s World Test Championship.
England Test squad
Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
Jofra Archer (Sussex)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Rory Burns (Surrey)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Joe Denly (Kent)
Jack Leach (Somerset)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Dominic Sibley (Warwickshire)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
England IT20 squad
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) captain
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Tom Banton (Somerset)
Sam Billings (Kent)
Pat Brown (Worcestershire)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Tom Curran (Surrey)
Joe Denly (Kent)
Lewis Gregory (Somerset)
Chris Jordan (Sussex)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Dawid Malan (Middlesex)
Matt Parkinson (Lancashire)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
James Vince (Hampshire)
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