Wisden Cricket

England announce their Test squad, two new head coaches and remembering Andrew Symonds

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Mark Butcher, Jo Harman, Phil Walker and Yas Rana discuss the announcement of England's 13-man squad for the first two Tests of the summer against New Zealand. James Anderson and Stuart Broad are back, Matty Potts and Harry Brook are two new faces in a group that is otherwise similar to those selected over the winter. The panel also react to the appointments of England's two new head coaches, Brendon McCullum and Matthew Mott as well as Tom Harrison's departure from the ECB. Mark and Jo share their memories of Andrew Symonds, the thrilling Australia all-rounder who tragically passed away last week at the age of 46. There's a round-up of all the latest County Championship, Charlotte Edwards Cup and the FairBreak Invitational action while stress fracture expert Dr Pete Alway speaks to Yas about the causes of lumbar stress fractures after both Saqib Mahmood and Matt Fisher were ruled out of the season with the injury.