[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-england-recall-pope-lawrence-for-pakistan-tests":82,"category-counts-nav":98,"related-england-recall-pope-lawrence-for-pakistan-tests":108},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"England Recall Pope and Lawrence for Pakistan Test Series","england-recall-pope-lawrence-for-pakistan-tests","long-reads","Long Reads: Football","Marcus Wright","Surrey duo Ollie Pope and Dan Lawrence return to the England squad while Bethell misses out on the Pakistan tour.","2026-08-07 00:34:08","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fengland-recall-pope-lawrence-for-pakistan-tests.webp",[93,94,95],"Test Cricket","England Cricket","Pakistan Tour","## England Recall Pope and Lawrence for Pakistan Tests\n\nOllie Pope and Dan Lawrence have been recalled to England's squad from Surrey for the first two Test matches against Pakistan. Broady Bethell has been omitted.\n\nBoth players will compete for places after featuring in the County Championship with Surrey. Bethell's exclusion is the more significant decision.\n\n> The recall of these two players shows the importance we place on domestic performance and the quality of cricket being produced at county level.\n\nThe squad faces conditions that will demand adaptability on tour. 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How did Luke Littler get here?"]