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Kent's Zak Crawley is being tipped to regain his place in the England Test side - by the man who's axed him.
The 23-year-old was dropped for the second Test with India at Lord's last week and has now been left out of the squad for the third Test at Headingley next week.
But England head coach Chris Silverwood insisted that Crawley is still a part of their long-term plans.
"Zak Crawley will return to Kent to galvanise the excellent work he did last week in the nets at Lord’s with assistant coach Graham Thorpe," said Silverwood.
"Zak is still a massive part of our plans moving forward, but we feel he would benefit from time outside the pressure of international competition to get some time working on his skills.
"He has a bright future and I do not doubt that his time will come again in the Test arena."
England have also axed opener Dom Sibley and recalled Dawid Malan to the line-up.
Silverwood added: "Dom Sibley needs some time away to regain his confidence after a challenging period. He will return to Warwickshire to spend time in the middle without the scrutiny and find some rhythm and confidence.
"Dom offers a lot of value to the Test environment and some time away should help him. However, he remains part of our plans.
"Dawid Malan deserves his opportunity in the Test arena. He has a lot of experience across all formats and, if called upon, I am confident that he can come and do well on his home ground.
"In the limited time he has played first-class cricket this season, he has shown what he is capable of, scoring a highly accomplished 199 for Yorkshire against Sussex at Headingley in June."
Crawley averages 28.34 in Test cricket, scoring 737 runs in 15 matches, including his career-best 267 against Pakistan last summer.
England Men’s Third Test Squad: Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain, Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Haseeb Hameed (Nottinghamshire), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Mark Wood (Durham).
