On Wednesday, October 2, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced the sturdy 14-man squad for the upcoming white-ball collection towards the West Indies Nationwide Cricket Workforce.
The Three Lions are all set to tour West Indies for a three-match ODI collection and a five-match T20I collection. The English workforce and the West Indies will lock horns with one another within the ODI matches on October 31, November 2, and 6 with the matches being performed throughout Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua, and Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
Following the conclusion of the ODIs, the T20I collection will start on November 9 on the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. The following 4 matches are scheduled to be performed on November 10, 14, 16, and 17 throughout Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, and Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia.
In a large enhance for England, white-ball skipper Jos Buttler is all set to return to aggressive cricket for the collection. He was out of motion with a calf harm and final featured for England within the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final.
Within the absence of Jos Buttler, the T20I captaincy was handed to Phil Salt whereas Harry Brook led the workforce within the ODI collection towards Australia. Though Jos Buttler has returned to the facet, there is no such thing as a readability on whether or not he’ll preserve wickets. Just lately, Buttler said that he’s able to give up wicketkeeping duties to enhance sure issues in his sport, together with captaincy.
Yorkshire leg-spinner Jafer Chohan earns his first England call-up
The leg-spinner from Yorkshire Jafer Chohan has received his maiden call-up to the English workforce and alongside him, John Turner and Dan Mousley are the 2 uncapped gamers within the white-ball workforce.
“Yorkshire leg-spinner Jafer Chohan earns his first England Males’s call-up and turns into the primary graduate of the South Asian Cricket Academy to be chosen to an England Males’s squad,” ECB stated in a media assertion.
Notably, the South Asian Cricket Academy was launched in 2021 by Dr Tom Brown with the intention treatment the under-representation of British South Asian gamers within the skilled sport.
Additionally, Jafer Chohan is likely one of the 10 gamers to have moved from the scheme into the skilled sport. The leg-spinner was glorious with the ball within the latest version of Vitality Blast the place he bagged 17 wickets at 15.52. Additionally, he lately signed a three-year contract with Yorkshire.
In the meantime, the ECB has introduced that two extra gamers will probably be added to the white-ball squad for the West Indies tour from the squad that may journey to Pakistan for the Take a look at collection.
The additions will probably be made after the choice of the English workforce for the third and last Take a look at towards Pakistan. As per ESPNCricinfo, Jordan Cox and Jamie Smith are two gamers who will probably be added to the workforce.
England white-ball squad for West Indies collection: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Jafer Chohan, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, John Turner.
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