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England retain winning team

August 13, 2006 17:57 IST
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England selectors today named an unchanged 12-man squad for the fourth Test against Pakistan, starting on Thursday at the Oval.

England won the third Test at Headingley by 167 runs on Tuesday to clinch the four-match series 2-0.

Gloucestershire's Jon Lewis, who did not play in Leeds, has been retained in the squad.

''The team has played really well in the last two test matches and the challenge now is to maintain those standards and keep playing cricket of that quality in the final test of the series,'' England and Wales Cricket Board's chairman of selectors David Graveney said in a statement.

"Winning the series was an outstanding team effort with everyone playing a part and I am particularly pleased for Andrew Strauss, who took on the test captaincy in difficult circumstances after our defeat by Sri Lanka in the (one-day) series.

"He deserves full credit for his leadership of the team and I am sure he and the rest of the players will be doing their utmost next week to ensure that we can finish the series with a win."

Squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Stephen Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Jon Lewis, Sajid Mahmood, Kevin Pietersen, Monty Panesar, Chris Read (wicketkeeper) Marcus Trescothick.

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