Rew replaces injured Cox for England Test with Zimbabwe

Uncapped Somerset batter James Rew has replaced nan injured Jordan Cox successful nan England squad for their one-off Test against Zimbabwe later this month.

The 21-year-old has been successful good shape successful nan County Championship truthful acold this season, averaging 54.21 pinch a apical people of 152.

He was portion of nan England Under-19 squad that reached nan U19 World Cup last successful 2022, and toured Australia pinch England Lions past winter.

Rew will nexus up pinch nan squad for a training campy adjacent week successful mentation for nan first Test of nan summer, which originates connected 22 May astatine Trent Bridge.

Cox, 24, was injured while scoring a period successful Essex's County Championship conclusion by Somerset connected Sunday.

The right-hander was realistically successful England's squad for nan four-day Test arsenic a spare batter, but nan wounded is simply a sadistic blow.

He was group to make his Test debut past November successful New Zealand but broke a thumb successful practice earlier nan first Test.

Cox has been successful bully shape for Essex this season, scoring 82 against Nottinghamshire and 117 against Surrey earlier retiring wounded while connected 103 against Somerset.

Zimbabwe's past Test successful nan UK was successful 2003, a bid celebrated for nan Test debut of James Anderson, England's all-time starring wicket-taker.

England's five-Test bid against India originates connected 20 June astatine Headingley.

England squad: Ben Stokes (Durham) - captain, Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Sam Cook (Essex), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), James Rew (Somerset), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire).

Highlights of each England's location world cricket and unrecorded sum of The Hundred will beryllium crossed BBC TV, iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website, opening pinch England women's T20 world against West Indies connected 21 May.