[4] The following month, England named their Test squad,[5] with several players rested following their participation in the 2021 Indian Premier League.

[13] The England squad left out Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow, rested after their participation in the 2021 Indian Premier League.

[6] Ahead of the series, Ben Foakes was ruled out of England's squad after suffering a hamstring injury.

[16] As a result of Foakes being ruled out of the series, Sam Billings and Haseeb Hameed were both added to England's squad.

[26] Ahead of the Test series, New Zealand were scheduled to play a tour match against Somerset.