Cox and Baker to make Test debuts at The OvalImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Baker (left) has played two white-ball matches for England and Cox (right) nine ByMatthew HenryBBC Sport journalist at the Kia OvalPublished1 hour agoEssex batter Jordan Cox and Hampshire fast bowler Sonny Baker will make their England Test debuts in the second Test against New Zealand starting on Wednesday at The Oval.Surrey bowler Matthew Fisher will also play his second Test, more than four years after his first, while Jofra Archer returns for the first time this summer amid the chaos caused by injuries and the incident involving Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson in a London nightclub last week.There could be a fifth change from the first Test with Somerset’s James Rew, who would be a third debutant in the XI, on standby to replace wicketkeeper Jamie Smith.Smith’s partner is due to give birth to their second child in the coming days, but the Surrey player was named in England’s XI by coach Brendon McCullum on Monday.Stokes and Atkinson were both left out of England’s squad pending an investigation, after the pair broke the England team’s midnight curfew and were present when a member of security staff was struck by a Saracens rugby player.
Bowler Ollie Robinson, who took seven wickets on a remarkable return to Test cricket at Lord’s, is out with soreness in his right knee, while Baker comes in for Shoaib Bashir, with England opting against picking a spinner in their XI.
England XI for second Test: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root (capt), Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Jordan Cox, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Matthew Fisher, Sonny Baker
