Chris Silverwood heeds caution over Stuart Broad recall for second Test: "Nothing is a given in this team"

England's second highest wicket-taker was left out of the four-wicket defeat to West Indies but is not assured of returning to the team

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England head coach Chris Silverwood has refused to guarantee Stuart Broad a place in the team for the second Test against West Indies at Emirates Old Trafford.

The 34-year-old missed the four-wicket defeat at The Ageas Bowl, after James Anderson, Jofra Archer and Mark Wood were preferred in the attack by stand-in captain Ben Stokes.

Broad admitted he was left "angry and frustrated" by the decision but has no plans to call time on his international career.

Sam Curran and Chris Woakes are also in reserve if England want to make wholesale changes. They must win the final two Tests of the series if they wish to regain the Wisden Trophy.

But Silverwood has warned that Broad is not assured of being recalled, such is the competition for places in the England seam attack.

"We've got one or two stiff bodies this morning but they all seem to have come through well," he said. 

"We'll know more after training tomorrow, so we'll put them through their paces and see where they're at.

^{England were left to rue several missed opportunities}

"Nothing is a given in this team and people are playing for their spots. Obviously everything will be considered."

After being on the back foot for much of the Test, England could still have come away as winners if they had taken advantage of a number of opportunities that came their way.

They lost their last seven second innings wickets for just 64, setting the Windies 200 to win on day five.

Stokes, Jos Buttler and Rory Burns all put down catches in the tourists' chase, while Zak Crawley botched a run-out chance.

"There are a few times when we could have taken the game by the scruff of the neck really," bemoaned Silverwood.

"Obviously the partnership in the first innings, when we could have capitalised on that but I think more relevantly in the second innings when we managed to get ourselves into a good position and lost wickets in a rush again. 

"If we had capitalised on that position the game would have been different and they would have been chasing down more runs at the end which would have played into our hands."

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