{"id":181266,"date":"2026-06-16T16:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181266"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:02:13","slug":"eng-vs-nz-2nd-test-jamie-smith-to-go-on-paternity-leave-james-rew-to-make-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181266","title":{"rendered":"ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test: Jamie Smith to go on paternity leave; James Rew to make debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71110605\">England has announced ahead of its second Test against New Zealand that Jamie Smith will miss the match on paternity leave, and that uncapped wicketkeeper-batter James Rew will debut in his place.<\/p>\n<p>Rew, who plays for Somerset, will be the third debutant in this England lineup alongside Jordan Cox and Sonny Baker.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen who among Rew and Cox will take the gloves for England.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/international\/england-vs-new-zealand-2nd-test-joe-root-captaincy-game-by-game-ben-stokes-latest-news\/article71109709.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test: Joe Root says captaincy is on a \u2018game-by-game basis\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Joe Root was handed the captaincy following Ben Stokes\u2019 axe from the role due to his breach of midnight curfew rules after England\u2019s first-Test victory.<\/p>\n<p>Ollie Robinson had suffered an injury before the second game and was also ruled out for the game, with Baker replacing him. Gus Atkinson, who has been suspended along with Stokes, is replaced by Matthew Fisher, while Jofra Archer replaces Shoaib Bashir.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">England lineup<\/h4>\n<p>Joe Root (c), Jofra Archer, Sonny Baker, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Matt Fisher, Emilio Gay, James Rew (wk), Josh Tongue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 16, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/international\/england-vs-new-zealand-2nd-test-jamie-smith-missing-james-rew-debut-latest-news\/article71110605.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England has announced ahead of its second Test against New Zealand that Jamie Smith will miss the match on paternity leave, and that uncapped wicketkeeper-batter James Rew will debut in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-06-07T113706Z_1187973618_UP1EM670W9SBP_RTRMADP_3_CRICKET-ENG-NZL.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179076,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=179076","url_meta":{"origin":181266,"position":0},"title":"Stokes, Atkinson left out for second New Zealand Test; Root named interim captain","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"England Test captain Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have been left out of England\u2019s squad for the second Test of its series against New Zealand. 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