London 2 September : The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have named Phil Salt in their squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia later in the year with Jason Roy missing from the 15-member group due to an disappointing run for the national team as well as in The Hundred.The long and low-scoring run of Roy Salt, which has been able to score only 206 runs and an average of 18.72 in the 11 T20Is that he’s played in since the previous version of the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE last year, is being cited to Salt’s inclusion.Salt was making his T20I debut earlier this year.
Salt is being rewarded for outstanding domestic performance in the current The Hundred tournament, where he is one of the top run-getters.He is currently No.2 with 313 runs in eight games, and averaging 44.71.
A charismatic top-order batsman Jos Buttler will captain the team in his debut World Cup as captain, succeeding Eoin Morgan who left international cricket earlier in the year.
Buttler is currently suffering from an injury to his calf muscles and will not be a part of England’s limited-overs tour of Pakistan.
All-rounder Moeen Ali will lead the team against Babar Azam’s team in seven T20Is.But, ECB is confident Buttler will be back to full fitness prior to the time the World Cup gets underway.
Dawid Malan has also earned an recall following his performance in the recent England series against South Africa.Malan is a left-handed batsman with an average strike rate of 148.27 in T20Is this year and is the similar substitute for Morgan.He is also the leading scorer of The Hundred with 358 runs at 59.66.
In the bowling department, Tymal Mills, who was the most prolific wicket-taker at the last tournament to the point of injury that ended his tournament was omitted of the main team but was added as a traveling reserve with Liam Dawson and Richard Gleeson as per ICC.
The ECB confirmed that seamers Mark Wood and Chris Woakes have recovered from their respective injuries and are selected in the squad of 15 players.The team hopes to improve on their semifinal run in the previous T20 World Cup, and start their 2022 season on the 22nd of October against Afghanistan in Perth.
England have announced 19 players for the Pakistan tour ahead of the T20 World Cup, featuring five players who are not yet capped: Jordan Cox, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Olly Stone and Luke Wood.
The squads for the Australia series are identical to the ones they’ve chosen for the T20 World Cup.
The squad for T20 World Cup and T20I series against Australia:
Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.Travel Reserve: Tymal Mills, Liam Dawson and Richard Gleeson.
Team for Pakistan T20Is:
Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tom Helm, Will, Jacks Dawid Malan Adil Rashid Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, and Mark Wood.
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