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England's Moeen Ali retained in squad for third Ashes Test

Reuters
Moeen Ali missed out at Lord's after picking up a blister on his bowling finger in the first Ashes test
Moeen Ali missed out at Lord's after picking up a blister on his bowling finger in the first Ashes testReuters
England all-rounder Moeen Ali (36) is in line to return to action having kept his place in the squad announced by the ECB for the third Ashes test starting at Headingley on Thursday.

Moeen did not play in the second test after suffering a finger blister and was replaced by Josh Tongue (25).

Rehan Ahmed (18), who was called up to the squad as a replacement for Moeen, drops out, while Matthew Potts (24) has not been recalled in the squad list released by the ECB on Sunday.

Batter Ollie Pope (25) keeps his place in the squad despite suffering with a shoulder injury.

Australia won an action-packed second Ashes test at Lord's on Sunday by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

England squad

Ben Stokes (Durham) Captain, Moeen Ali (Warwickshire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Josh Tongue (Worcestershire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).