Injured Bresnan out of New Zealand tour

Yorkshire seamer Tim Bresnan has been ruled out of England’s forthcoming tour of New Zealand due to an elbow injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed.

Warwickshire’s Chris Woakes will replace him in all three formats.

Bresnan’s Yorkshire team-mates Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root are both named in the 15-man Test squad and the one-day squad, with Bairstow also included in the Twenty20 team.

England squads for tour of New Zealand, February 4-March 26

Twenty20 (February 9-15)

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SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire, capt), JM Bairstow (Yorkshire), DR Briggs (Hampshire), JC Buttler (Somerset), JW Dernbach (Surrey), ST Finn (Middlesex), AD Hales (Nottinghamshire), MJ Lumb (Nottinghamshire), SC Meaker (Surrey), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), SR Patel (Nottinghamshire), JC Tredwell (Kent), CR Woakes (Warwickshire), LJ Wright (Sussex).

One-day Internationals (February 17-23)

AN Cook (Essex, capt), JM Anderson (Lancashire), JM Bairstow (Yorkshire), IR Bell (Warwickshire), SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire), JC Buttler (Somerset), ST Finn (Middlesex), JAR Harris (Middlesex), EJG Morgan (Middlesex), SR Patel (Nottinghamshire), JE Root (Yorkshire), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), JC Tredwell (Kent), IJL Trott (Warwickshire), CR Woakes (Warwickshire).

Tests (March 6-26)

AN Cook (Essex, capt), JM Anderson (Lancashire), JM Bairstow (Yorkshire), IR Bell (Warwickshire), SCJ Broad (Nottinghamshire), NRD Compton (Somerset), ST Finn (Middlesex), G Onions (Durham), MS Panesar (Sussex), KP Pietersen (Surrey), MJ Prior (Sussex), JE Root (Yorkshire), GP Swann (Nottinghamshire), IJL Trott (Warwickshire), CR Woakes (Warwickshire).