Dom Bess leaves England squad, Saqib Mahmood added as cover for second Test against India

DOM Bess has left England’s squad for the second Test against India on Thursday, with seamer Saqib Mahmood called up as cover for Stuart Broad.

Broad is a doubt for the match after sitting out Tuesday’s net session at Lord’s with discomfort in his calf.

He is the second player to join up with the group in recent days after Moeen Ali, who was recalled to the Test squad for the first time in six months on Tuesday.

With Mahmood and Moeen in camp, England have opted to release spinner Dom Bess from the squad.

The spinner was not named in the playing XI for the first Test in Nottingham, which ended in a draw.

He will now rejoin Yorkshire and could play in their Royal London Cup match at Glamorgan on Thursday.

England and India have been fined 40 per cent of their match fees and penalised two World