England have dropped Jonny Bairstow from their Test squad for the tour of New Zealand, with paceman James Anderson unavailable for the two-match series due to a calf injury.
Four uncapped players will be on the plane -- Warwickshire opener Dominic Sibley, Kent batsman Zak Crawley and Lancashire pair Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson.
Batsman Jason Roy, who starred in England's World Cup triumph, is another name missing from the 15-men Test squad after a difficult Ashes series, which ended 2-2 last week.
Surrey batsman Ollie Pope, who played two Tests against India in 2018, is back in the squad while Jos Buttler will be the wicketkeeper in New Zealand due to Bairstow's absence.
Bairstow, 29, scored just 214 runs in the five Ashes Tests during the English summer at an average of 23.77.
Anderson, England's top Test wicket-taker, has been out of action since the first Test against Australia and is targeting the South Africa tour, starting in December.
The first Test, at Mount Maunganui, starts on 21st November. The series is not included in the new ICC World Test Championship.
National selector Ed Smith confirmed Bairstow, who will travel with the 15-man T20I squad, had been dropped rather than rested.
World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan will captain the T20I team, with the five-match series starting on November 1.
Somerset's Tom Banton and Mahmood have earned their first England call-ups after impressive white-ball summers, along with Worcestershire seamer Pat Brown and Lancashire spinner Matthew Parkinson.
Test squad: Joe Root (C), Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Matthew Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Dominic Sibley, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes
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
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