Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been named in the England cricket team's 16-member squad for the first two games of the three-match ENG vs PAK Test 2026 series, scheduled to begin on August 19.
The opening match of the England vs Pakistan Test series will take place at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds before the action shifts to Lord's for the second game.
The final match of the series, for which England are yet to announce their squad, will be held at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
The series will be part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle. England, now under the captaincy of Joe Root since Ben Stoke retired, are seventh in the WTC standings.
Jofra Archer, who finished as Rajasthan Royals’ leading wicket-taker in IPL 2026 with 25 scalps in 16 matches, has been in a rich vein of form for England across formats.
After bagging the Player of the Series award in the Test series against New Zealand in June, the pacer backed it up with another stunning display in the T20I series against India last month.
The right-arm pacer picked up seven wickets to finish as the joint-leading wicket-taker and helped England win the series 4-0.
His standout performance came in the third T20I at Trent Bridge, where he returned figures of 3/29 to earn the Player of the Match award.
Jofra Archer has represented England in 20 Tests since making his debut in 2019 and has picked up 71 wickets, including four five-wicket hauls.
He has played two Tests against Pakistan and has accounted for four wickets in those matches, including best figures of 3/59.
England squad for 2026 Test series vs Pakistan
England cricket team: Joe Root (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Matthew Fisher, Emilio Gay, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue.
