In a last-minute change, England added Harry Brook to their Cricket World Cup 2023 squad on Sunday, September 17. Brook made it to the ultimate 15 after Jason Roy, their influential opener, missed out after having been named within the provisional squad for the World Cup final month.
Harry Brook will get into the squad regardless of a string of failures within the recently-concluded ODI collection towards New Zealand which England received 3-1. But he was spectacular within the Indian Premier League and the Hundred, so skipper Jos Buttler has stored religion with the 24-year-old, saying final month the door was not closed for Brook.
Jason Roy didn’t play a single sport within the 4-match collection towards New Zealand earlier this month on account of a again spasm. Roy’s health was a significant concern for England earlier than they finalised their World Cup squad and it appears they’ve taken the daring name to exchange Roy, who was integral to their success within the 2019 World Cup. Notably, Roy had given up his England central contract in May to play extra franchise cricket.
Meanwhile, England additionally named Adil Rashid and Mark Wood who had been battling damage issues within the latest previous.
Dawid Malan, who plundered 277 runs in three ODIs towards New Zealand to be named participant of the collection, additionally made the squad and is a agency favorite to open the batting for England.
With Roy sidelined on account of a again damage, Malan opened the batting towards New Zealand and the 36-year-old grew to become the joint-fastest Englishman to get to 1,000 ODI runs, reaching the mark in 21 innings to match Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott.
England ODI WORLD CUP SQUAD
Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes
STOKES PROVES A POINT
England all-rounder and take a look at captain Ben Stokes additionally returns having reversed his resolution to retire from ODIs.
Stokes, who starred in England’s victorious 2019 marketing campaign on dwelling soil, warmed up for the World Cup by smashing 235 runs in three innings towards New Zealand.
It included a knock of 182 off 124 deliveries — England’s highest particular person ODI rating ever — within the third ODI towards New Zealand.
England will open their marketing campaign towards New Zealand on October 5 in a repeat of the 2019 World Cup closing, on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
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Sep 17, 2023
