Billings handed gloves for Test

Published date01 July 2022
Billings was drafted in at short notice for his second Test appearance against New Zealand last week as a COVID substitute for Ben Foakes, who was also hampered by a stiff back at Headingley

While Foakes had a light training session on Wednesday, he is not at 100 per cent so England have plumped for Billings to remain behind the stumps for the Test which gets under way today.

England captain Ben Stokes said: "Unfortunately Foakesy hasn't recovered as well as we'd have liked him to, so Sam is going to stay in the team and keep."

Anderson, meanwhile, also comes back into the equation at

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