LONDON: England should have gambled on seamer James Anderson’s fitness and included him in the squad for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord’s, paceman Stuart Broad has said. Anderson, England’s most successful Test bowler with 454 wickets, was left out of England’s 12-member squad for the first match of the four-Test series beginning on Thursday. In his absence, Toby Roland-Jones or Jake Ball will make a test debut at Lord’s.

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