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England squad named for first Ashes Test

Adam Lyth, Adil Rashid and Adam Lyth are all named in the England squad for first Ashes Test.

Adam Lyth, Adil Rashid and Steven Finn are among the names that have been included in the England squad for the first Ashes Test against Australia in Cardiff.

A 13-man party has been selected for the match, which gets underway on July 8.

Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Gary Ballance, Stuart Broad and Jos Buttler have also been named in the side. Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood are also in.

Rashid is the only player in the squad who is yet to be capped by England at Test level.

"Within the squad there are players who have plenty of experience of Ashes cricket and that knowledge will I'm sure be useful for the players who are yet to experience a home Ashes series," national selector James Whitaker told the England and Wales Cricket Board's official website.

"There has been some very good cricket played so far this summer and we are aware that we will need to build on that over the next seven weeks if we are to win back the Ashes."

Australia won the last Ashes series 5-0, but they have failed to claim a series victory on English soil in 14 years.

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