England's all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson has been ruled out of a 12-man squad announced Thursday for next week's first Test against Pakistan at Lord's.
Anderson has not recovered from a right shoulder injury sustained in the third Test against Sri Lanka last month.
The Lancashire paceman's place in the squad has been taken by uncapped seamer Toby Roland-Jones, now pushing for a Test debut on his Lord's home ground.
With struggling number three Nick Compton having taken time out of cricket, the selectors have recalled Yorkshire's Gary Ballance for the first of a four-Test series starting on July 14.
England squad:
Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wkt), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex), James Vince (Hampshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire) – AFP