Liam Patterson-White named in England Test squad for South Africa tour

Maiden Call-Up: Nottinghamshire allrounder Liam Patterson-White has earned his first-ever England Test call-up for the upcoming tour of South Africa, selected under new head coach Stephen Fleming Patterson-White wins maiden England call in Test squad for South Africa.

"Liam has performed very well in the last year or two for Nottingham," North said. "He's a left arm spinner... in terms of looking at that balance of the Test squad that we've selected, we rate Dan Lawrence very highly in terms of a batting allrounder that can bowl off spin. Obviously, we've got Joe Root, and we were looking for someone to spin the ball away from the right-hander.

Spin Selection: The 28-year-old left-arm spinner was selected after topping the Division One spin wicket-taking charts with 42 County Championship wickets at 25.11, leaping ahead of Shoaib Bashir, Rehan Ahmed, and Jack Leach Patterson-White wins maiden England call in Test squad for South Africa.

Squad Shape & Returns: Jacob Bethell returns to the 15-player squad after recovering from a knee injury Patterson-White wins maiden England call in Test squad for South Africa. Meanwhile, fast bowler Josh Tongue will miss the opening Test starting December 17 for the birth of his second child, and Sam Curran was unavailable due to his wedding Patterson-White wins maiden England call in Test squad for South Africa.

Lions Integration: Brydon Carse returns to the England setup via the 18-man England Lions red-ball squad after being stood down earlier in the year, with management planning to pull players from the Lions camp to bolster the Test squad ahead of the first Test in South Africa Patterson-White wins maiden England call in Test squad for South Africa.

Test Squad: Joe Root (capt), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Sam Cook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Dan Lawrence, Liam Patterson-White, Ollie Robinson, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue Patterson-White wins maiden England call in Test squad for South Africa.