Cricket-England name unchanged team for third test v New Zealand

NOTTINGHAM, England, June 4 (Reuters) - England named an unchanged team on Wednesday for the third test against New Zealand starting on Thursday at Trent Bridge.

It was the first time for 123 years that England had named the same lineup for five successive test matches, the England and Wales Cricket Board said.

England lead 1-0 in the three-test series.

Team:

Michael Vaughan (captain), Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, Monty Panesar, James Anderson.

(Reporting by Richard Sydenham, editing by Clare Lovell) clare.lovell@reuters.com +442075427933; RM: clare.lovell.reuters.com@reuters.net; For the latest Reuters Premier League and international football news see: football.uk.reuters.com)).

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