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25-Jan-2013 05:34:00 GMT
England in New Zealand 2012-13

Woakes Earn Maiden Test Call-up

London: Fast bowler Tim Bresnan has been ruled out of England's upcoming Test series in New Zealand because of a right elbow injury, with the uncapped Chris Woakes coming in as a replacement.

It is the only change to the 15-man Test squad from the recent series in India, where England won 2-1.

Woakes is also one of three players, along with Joe Root and James Harris, brought into a revised one-day international squad.

England will play three Twenty20 matches and three ODIs against New Zealand before the first of three Tests starts on March 6 in Dunedin.

England won the last Test series in New Zealand 2-1, in 2008.

Twenty20 squad: Stuart Broad (capt), Jonathan Bairstow, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler (wk), Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Stuart Meaker, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, James Tredwell, Woakes, Luke Wright

ODI squad: Alastair Cook (capt), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wk), Steven Finn, James Harris, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Joe Root, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes

Test squad: Alastair Cook (capt), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Graham Onions, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wk), Joe Root, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes


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