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06-Aug-2013 05:04:00 GMT
England v Australia, 4th Test, Chester-le-Street

England Call Onions For Fourth Ashes Test

Manchester: England gave Durham pacer Graham Onions the chance of playing the fourth Ashes Test on his Chester-le-Street home ground after including him in a 13-man squad on Monday.

Just hours after England had retained the Ashes courtesy of a rain-affected draw in the third Test at Old Trafford on Monday, the selectors unveiled their squad for the fourth match of the series, which starts at north-east county Durham's headquarters on Friday.

Fast bowler Chris Tremlett was also selected, with all 11 players who took the field at Old Trafford included as England look for a series victory after winning the first Test at Trent Bridge by 14 and the second, at Lord's, by a colossal 347 runs.

But there was no place for in-form batsman James Taylor, who'd been in the 14-man squad at Old Trafford as cover for Kevin Pietersen.

But star batsman Pietersen, who had been struggling with a calf problem, made 113 in England's first innings 368 at Old Trafford.

England squad for fourth Test: Alastair Cook (Capt.), Joe Root, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior (wk), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Graham Onions, Chris Tremlett.


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