After a surprising Cricket World Cup, it’s out with the outdated and in with the brand new for England within the West Indies.
Simply six gamers that had been a part of the group-stage exit in India are within the squad for the three-match one-day worldwide collection within the Caribbean, with skipper Jos Buttler joined by Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse.
Possibilities might be awarded to the uncapped John Turner in addition to Ollie Pope, with the latter in line for his first worldwide white-ball look after 38 Take a look at matches for his nation.
Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed, left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, swashbuckling batter Will Jacks and Take a look at opener Zak Crawley also needs to add to their single-figure variety of limited-overs caps.
The T20 squad includes a shade extra expertise with the short-form World Cup in West Indies and USA subsequent summer time firmly in thoughts.
Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills and Reece Topley are among the older heads within the group for that five-match collection.
However listed here are among the recent names – and one specific innovation – to look out for over the approaching weeks…
Ollie Pope
Pope had develop into a daily in England’s Take a look at group at No 3 earlier than a dislocated shoulder ended his Ashes marketing campaign early and he sat out the ultimate three video games of that drawn collection.
The Surrey batter performed the latest of his 38 Record A video games over two years in the past and has not featured in any white-ball cricket since turning out for Welsh Fireplace within the 2022 version of The Hundred.
Nonetheless, he confirmed whereas cracking a 207-ball double ton towards Eire this summer time – the quickest 200 in a Take a look at in England – that he’s no slouch and he may conceivably be a part of Crawley and Ben Duckett within the ODI high three, simply as he does in red-ball cricket.
John Turner
Johannesburg-born Turner earned a maiden England call-up for the T20I collection towards New Zealand this summer time, just for a aspect harm sustained enjoying for Trent Rockets in The Hundred to drive him out.
The 22-year-old – who qualifies for England by means of a Zambian mom born to English mother and father – is again now, although, for each T20 and ODI cricket.
Turner’s rise has been speedy.
He solely made his T20 debut for Hampshire in June however may now make his England bow in December after a whirlwind few months, throughout which he picked up 21 wicket in 11 Vitality Blast video games and cleaned up Jonny Bairstow in The Hundred for his first dismissal in that format.
The paceman’s capability to bowl over 90mph has put him on the radar with fast bowling seen as key in the way in which England need to assemble their assault going ahead.
It’s why Atkinson is within the squad and why Josh Tongue was earlier than an premature harm dominated him out of the tour and denied him a white-ball debut, in the meanwhile no less than.
Fringe gamers
With Ben Stokes going below the knife to repair his longstanding left knee challenge and Joe Root, Mark Wooden and Bairstow rested forward of the five-Take a look at collection in India early subsequent yr, plenty of youthful and fringe gamers can stake a declare as England construct for the 2025 Champions Trophy and 2027 World Cup.
Crawley captained his nation for the ODIs towards Eire in September and appears a long-term prospect on the high of the order, whereas Ahmed seems the long-term successor to Rashid as England’s white-ball leg spinner and in addition presents lower-order batting.
The opposite frontline spinner within the ODI group is left-armer Hartley, the 6ft 4in Lancashire participant who made two appearances towards Eire just a few months again and whose peak and fast bowling tempo have him earmarked for the upcoming Take a look at journey to India.
Phil Salt has already performed 32 white-ball matches for England – 16 ODIs and as many T20Is – with 4 scores of fifty-plus together with a better of 122 towards Netherlands and will press his claims up high with Dawid Malan dropped and Bairstow given a breather, though Jacks is one other contender to open.
Jacks – considered one of two males, alongside Will Smeed, to attain 100 in The Hundred – struck 94 within the Eire collection.
Duckett is a batting possibility, too, capable of function on the high of the order or within the center. The Nottinghamshire man, the only real left-hander among the many out-and-out batters with Malan axed and Stokes unavailable, scored 107 in his final ODI outing, towards Eire.
Cease clock
The West Indies vs England ODI collection would be the first to make use of the cease clock that’s being trialled by the ICC in worldwide limited-overs video games between December 2023 and April 2024.
Fielding groups can be required to start a brand new over inside 60 seconds of the earlier one ending, with a five-run penalty imposed in the event that they fail thrice to start a brand new over in below a minute.
Comply with England’s white-ball tour of West Indies with stay blogs and experiences throughout skysports.com and the Sky Sports activities App. The opening ODl is in Antigua on Sunday with the primary ball at 1.30pm.