England ponder replacing Keaton Jennings with Joe Denly for second West Indies Test in Antigua

Contender: Joe Denly could replace Keaton Jennings in the England Test team
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Will Macpherson30 January 2019

England were on Wednesday weighing up whether to replace Keaton Jennings with Joe Denly for Thursday's Second Test in Antigua.

Jennings hit a century in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle following a poor summer but has struggled again since, and Denly — who also bowls leg-spin — could be given his debut at the top of the order.

It appears possible that England will go in with a four-man seam attack, with Stuart Broad coming in for the ineffective Adil Rashid.

Chris Woakes has a minor injury so Sam Curran could keep his spot, though Mark Wood is also a contender.

Opener Rory Burns believes England must use last week’s heavy defeat in Barbados as a valuable lesson.

“Leaving the ground it was, ‘how do we respond?’ and to use it as a lesson, place a higher value on your wicket and transfer pressure back onto bowlers,” he said.

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