England unchanged for second India test as Archer misses out

England named an unchanged team for the second test against India starting at Edgbaston on Wednesday, as Jofra Archer was made to wait for his return.

Ben Stokes's men won the opening match of a five-test series by five wickets last week after chasing down 371 on the final day at Headingley.

Archer has not played test cricket since February 2021 but had been called into the squad after bowling his first red-ball overs for four years in Sussex's County Championship draw against Durham last week.

However, the 30-year-old was forced to miss Monday's training session due to a family emergency.

TEAM

Ben Stokes (capt), Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wkt), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes