With the group being a large one, there are a few new faces involved. Gloucestershire keeper-bat James Bracey, Essex middle-order batsman Dan Lawrence, Somerset quick Jamie Overton, Sussex seamer Ollie Robinson and Surrey left-arm spinner Amar Virdi are the players selected who are uncapped in any format.

Somerset all-rounder Lewis Gregory, Lancashire quick Saqib Mahmood, and Lancashire leg-spinner Matt Parkinson have won white-ball caps but not Test caps.

Of the players with Test experience, the most notable selections are Moeen Ali, who took a break from Test cricket ahead of the winter, and Keaton Jennings, who was part of England’s squad to tour Sri Lanka but is rated by some as a specialist in spin-friendly conditions.

Perhaps the most notable exclusion from the 55-man training group England named earlier is Dawid Malan, who made a Test century in Australia in 2017 and had a stellar 2019 across formats, but hasn’t played for England in whites since 2018.

England have also seconded several county coaches to help with their preparations. Lancashire head coach Glen Chapple will assist England head coach Chris Silverwood as bowling coach, Gloucestershire’s Richard Dawson will serve as spin coach, and Kent’s Matt Walker will assist Graham Thorpe as batting coach.

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Former Nottinghamshire and England wicketkeeper Chris Read will serve as wicketkeeping consultant. Paul Collingwood, as reported, will serve as England ODI head coach during the three-match series against Ireland, if that engagement goes ahead.

England’s 30-man training group for West Indies Test series:

Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Dom Bess, James Bracey, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Ben Foakes, Lewis Gregory, Keaton Jennings, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Matt Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Amar Virdi, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

The remainder of England’s 55-man training group:

Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Henry Brookes, Pat Brown, Brydon Carse, Mason Crane, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Laurie Evans, Richard Gleeson, Sam Hain, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey