England have called up the Essex batter Jordan Cox and the Nottinghamshire bowler Olly Stone for the three‑Test series against Sri Lanka starting at Old Trafford on 21 August.
The two new players come in for the injured Zak Crawley and Dillon Pennington. But the primary beneficiary of the changes forced on the team looks most likely to be Dan Lawrence who, having been a regular but unused member of many recent squads, is in line to make his first actual appearance for more than two years as a stand-in opener.
