England Test squad named for series against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka will then play a two-match Investec Test series with the first Test Match due to be staged at Lord's and the second at Headingley - both in June 2014

• Thu 12 - Mon 16 June: 1st Investec Test Match, Lord’s 

• Fri 20 - Tue 24 June: 2nd Investec Test Match, Headingley

A squad which mixes new faces in Sam Robson, Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan with experience

In all only 7 players remain from the winter Ashes squad but it is the experienced five among them in Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson who England want to provide the backbone for the new era while the youngsters around them learn the Test ropes

Ten players who were in the Ashes squad are not in the party to face Sri Lanka. Graeme Swann has retired, Kevin Pietersen has been sacked, Jonathan Trott is having time off with stress-related issues while Michael Carberry, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Scott Borthwick, Boyd Rankin, Tim Bresnan and Monty Panesar have all been overlooked.

Alastair Cook's squad includes three players uncapped at Test level - 24-year-old batsman Sam Robson, 25-year-old pacer Chris Jordan who has played 13 ODIs and seven T20s since making his England debut last September, and 26-year-old all-rounder Moeen Ali who made his ODI and T20 debuts earlier this year against West Indies. 

England Test Squad
 Alastair Cook (Essex) (Capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Matt Prior (Sussex), Sam Robson (Middlesex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)