Ben Stokes to overlook England’s T20I sequence towards South Africa and the upcoming Hundred

England Test captain Ben Stokes received’t be part of the upcoming three-match T20I sequence towards South Africa. On Friday, the ECB named the squads for the ODI and T20Is towards the Proteas, and Stokes wasn’t included within the T20I staff.

Stokes is at the moment participating within the three-match ODI sequence towards Rohit Sharma’s India, the place he hasn’t been in a position to make a lot of an influence. In two matches, Stokes has scored solely 21 runs and bagged a duck within the opening sport on the Kennington Oval in London.

Stokes hasn’t bowled loads both, as he has rolled his arms over for just one over with out choosing up a wicket. Earlier this month, the all-rounder carried his staff to a seven-wicket win over India within the rescheduled fifth Test towards India at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Stokes may also miss the upcoming version of the Hundred, which is scheduled to get underway on Wednesday, August 3. It has been discovered that the choice to relaxation Stokes was taken to handle his health and workload.

Stokes, nevertheless, will participate within the three-match ODI sequence towards the Proteas to be performed from Tuesday, June 19.

England’s ODI squad v South Africa:

Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Craig Overton, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey

England’s T20I squad v South Africa:

Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Richard Gleeson, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, David Willey

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