Jonny Bairstow left out of England Test squad for New Zealand tour

Bairstow, a near permanent fixture in the side since his recall to the Test set-up in 2015, has been left out after an extended period of poor form with the bat. In his last 25 Tests, a run extending back to January 2018, he has averaged just 25.91. Jos Buttler and Ollie Pope, who is recalled to the squad more than a year after his last Test, are the two wicketkeeping options for the Test leg of the tour. Ben Foakes has been left out of the squad after touring with England to Sri Lanka and West Indies last year. Pope’s recall comes up after a second consecutive season of prolific run scoring for Surrey in the County Championship. He averages 57.55 from his first 30 first-class matches.

Both Parkinson and Mahmood have also been included in the T20I squad for the five-match series that precedes the two scheduled Test matches. Tom Banton and Pat Brown, another pair of youngsters to impress in white-ball cricket this season, have won their maiden T20I call ups, taking the total number of players picked in an England squad for the first time to six.

Moeen Ali, who recently decided to take a temporary break from red-ball cricket, has been excluded from the T20I squad. Jason Roy has also not been included in either squad.

Sam Billings, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan and James Vince have all been included in the T20I squad.

Full Test squad: Joe Root (c), Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes

Full T20I squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Pat Brown, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Joe Denly, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, James Vince