England unchanged as they bid to rise for Ashes

ENGLAND have named an unchanged squad for the second Ashes Test against Australia starting at Edgbaston on Thursday.

The squad was the same as that which lost the first Test at Lord’s last week by 239 runs to give Australia a 1-0 lead in the five-match series with uncapped seamer Chris Tremlett again included.

After England had twice been bowled out for under 200 at Lord’s there had been speculation that Durham all-rounder Paul Collingwood - who made 190 against Derbyshire and scores of 191 and 105 not out against Somerset - might be included to strengthen the batting.