NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — England will give fast bowler Sam Cook his debut in the four-day, one-off test against Zimbabwe starting on Thursday at Trent Bridge.
The 27-year-old Cook has been one of the most reliable wicket-takers in English county cricket for several seasons and gets his reward with a long-awaited call-up in an inexperienced pace attack.
Fellow seamer Josh Tongue returns to the team for the first time in two years after missing the whole of last season with a pectoral injury, while Gus Atkinson completes the fast-bowler unit at the start of just his second summer of international cricket.