Ben Duckett and Olly Stone have been named in England Men’s 16-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of New Zealand.
Opener Duckett was England’s third-top run scorer on their recent tour of Pakistan - behind only Joe Root and Harry Brook - averaging over 52 from his five innings.
He hit a belligerent century on day two of the second Test, his fourth in the format.
Stone, who also toured the sub-continent, could feature for the Three Lions again after impressing on his international return against Sri Lanka in the summer.
The seamer claimed four wickets at Lord’s - two of which were that of the in-form Dimuth Karunaratne.
The first Test Match against the Blackcaps is scheduled to begin at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, on Thursday, 28 November, with a two-day warm up game in Queenstown preceding the series.
The Test series will be England's last before their one-off Test match against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge next May, for which tickets are on general sale.
England Men's Test Squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Jack Leach (Somerset)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Matthew Potts (Durham)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Olly Stone (Nottinghamshire)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
England Men’s Test Tour of New Zealand Schedule (all times are local, NZST):
Two-day warm-up: New Zealand Cricket XI v England XI, 23-24 November 2024, Sir John Davies Oval, Queenstown (11.00am start)
1st Test: New Zealand v England, 28 November-2 December 2024, Hagley Oval, Christchurch (11.00am start)
2nd Test: New Zealand v England, 6-10 December 2024, Basin Reserve, Wellington (11.00am start)
3rd Test: New Zealand v England, 14-18 December 2024, Seddon Park, Hamilton (11.00am start)
