Just a week after he was drafted into the England squad, for the India Tests, pacer Gus Atkinson has been released from the team. The move has come, so that the express pacer can play club cricket for his boyhood team, as per Wisden. Meanwhile, Atkinson was added to the England team, minutes after they lost the Edgbaston Test.
Gus Atkinson Released from England Squad
That said, he was not included in the playing XI, instead Jofra Archer was picked over Josh Tongue. The other two pacers in the team — Brydon Carse and Chris Woakes retained their spots in the playing XI. Atkinson also was with the squad for the first two days of the Lord’s Test.
Now, he will turn up for his childhood club, South London Club Spencer CC. This will also be the first time since 2019, that Gus Atkinson will be playing for this team. Then from then on, he went on to make his England debut in 2023, and turned out to be an excellent find for the team.
IND vs ENG, Lord’s Test
Atkinson straightway also made it to the playing XI of his club, who will be up against Sunbury CC, at the Geoff Key Memorial Ground in Kempton, in the Premier Division of the Surrey Championship. As far as the ongoing, IND vs ENG Test is concerned, India would be considered slightly ahead, with them batting on 248/8 at lunch on day 3.
Just at the stroke of lunch, Rishabh Pant was run out by Ben Stokes for 74. They would also be looking to get past England’s first innings total of 387.
