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England make change for second Test

Woakes returns in place of Roland-Jones for the second Test at Headingley

England have made one change for the second Test against West Indies beginning at Headingley on Friday, with Chris Woakes coming in for fellow paceman Toby Roland-Jones.

Woakes, who sustained a side strain during England’s Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh in early June, comes back into the playing XI after taking five wickets and scoring 53 in his first game back for Warwickshire earlier this month.

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He replaced Steven Finn in the squad for the West Indies series but was left on the sidelines for the series opener at Edgbaston, which England won by an innings and 209 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.

Woakes’ last Test appearance for England was against India last December.

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Roland-Jones, who made his Test debut at The Oval against South Africa late last month, has lost his spot in the side despite taking 2-31 and 2-18 with the pink ball against the hapless Windies in Birmingham.

"Chris is back in, Toby unfortunately misses out," England captain Joe Root told Sky Sports.

"He's not done a lot wrong, he took his opportunity, he played some fantastic cricket and I see him playing a massive part for us moving forward but it's a great chance for Chris now to come back into the side and show his class like he did last year."

England XI: Joe Root (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, Tom Westley, Chris Woakes.