For the first time Sunday when he was included in a 13-man party for the series opener against the West Indies at Lord's starting Thursday and the 22-year-old Yorkshireman is set to bat at number six if selected after all-rounder Ravi Bopara, in line to fill that middle order spot, was omitted from the squad after suffering a thigh injury playing for Essex.
The Bairstow has played in 6 one-day internationals and 6 Twenty20 internationals is the only player in the squad yet to be capped at Test level.
They thursday will be Start the first of a three-Test series.
England Test Team squad:
1.Andrew Strauss (capt)
2.Alastair Cook
3.Jonathan Trott
4.Kevin Pietersen
5.Ian Bell
6.Matt Prior (wkt)
7.Stuart Broad
8.Tim Bresnan
9.Graeme Swann
10.Steven Finn
11.James Anderson
12.Jonathan Bairstow
13.Graham Onions
