England has announced its Test Team for the upcoming series against Ireland, and there's one big omission: Ben Foakes. As a cricket fans, we wanted to share my reaction to this news and analyze the implications for the squad. The team will be led by Captain Ben Stokes of Durham, and includes a mix of seasoned veterans like James Anderson and Stuart Broad, as well as rising star Harry Brook and under the pump Zak Crawley. Check out the full England squad below and let me know your thoughts in the comments!" England squad: Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain, James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham). Check our website for the County Championship Stats from 1890 to 2023 and our brand new test match stats database for every test...ever!! www.leadingedgecricket.com ********** Visit our website www.leadingedgecricket.com for our county championship statical database. ********** You can now buy us a coffee - if you wish to support the podcast :) Any coffees will be shouted out on the podcast. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LeadingEdgePod A big thank you to the top order run machines who have supported us so far Browneo Leo Marcus Abbey ********** Leading Edge Cricket Links ********** The Sport Social - https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/the-leading-edge-cricket-podcast/ 🏏Listen To Our Cricket Podcast Everywhere🏏 🎙YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLeadingEdgePodcast//example?sub_confirmation=1 🎙Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leading-edge-cricket-podcast/id1341391391?uo=4 🎙Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6qm4u090kQmLMpsbPaCwZE 🎙Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/the-leading-edge-podcast 🎙I Heart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-the-leading-edge-cr-29715877/ 🎙Google Podcast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvMjgyMjcyMC9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk ********** 🏏Follow Us Everywhere🏏 ********** 🔥Twitter🔥https://twitter.com/LeadingEdgePod *********** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices