England’s ODI squad for next month’s white-ball tour of the West Indies contains only six survivors from the team’s disastrous World Cup defence in India.
Less than 12 hours after exiting the World Cup, England named new-look squads for the tour and have gone back to the drawing board with an emphasis on the three Rs – rest, rotation and renewal.
The limited-overs trip to the Caribbean, coming straight off the back of a gruelling six-week trawl of India, had already been highlighted as a time to look at fresh faces but the fact the ODI party has only six players from the World Cup came as a stark appraisal of the side’s campaign.
Captain Jos Buttler remains in charge and is joined by Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone.
Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Mark Wood have been rested ahead of January’s Test series in India and Test captain Ben Stokes is heading straight for an operation on his long-term knee injury.
But the omissions of Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes from the 50-over squad may prove to be more final.
Moeen and Woakes, together with Adil Rashid, are retained for the T20 leg, suggesting they still have a chance of next summer’s short-form World Cup, but Malan has been cut from both formats.
Despite being England’s top scorer over the last few weeks, finishing exactly 100 clear of his nearest challenger, at 36 he seems to have run out of time.
Three uncapped players make the cut in ODI side with Test vice-captain Ollie Pope joining seamers John Turner and Josh Tongue. The pace pair also feature in the 20-over squad.
ODI squad: J Buttler (c), R Ahmed, G Atkinson, H Brook, B Carse, Z Crawley, S Curran, B Duckett, T Hartley, W Jacks, L Livingstone, O Pope, P Salt, J Tongue, J Turner
T20I squad: J Buttler (c), R Ahmed, M Ali, G Atkinson, H Brook, S Curran, B Duckett, W Jacks, L Livingstone, T Mills, A Rashid, P Salt, J Tongue, R Topley, J Turner, C Woakes.
BigGordon
Roar Rookie
I truly don't get it. Malan was apparently dropped because his T20 form was not up to scratch. How is he supposed to find form if he's not playing? He can;t be that badly out of nick given he was one of their better players in this World Cup. I know the Poms love this form of cricket, so maybe they've got a version of T20, Malan can play in the snow over their winter
Sgt Pepperoni
Roar Rookie
He played alright in the world cup. He was also ok in the losing ashes in Aus but they seem to like dropping him
U
Roar Rookie
Malan even at 36 has been their best bat recently and they let him go
BigGordon
Roar Rookie
Dawid Malan was recently given a one-year contract by the ECB, which is worth around 800,000 pounds. I can't see them giving him the flick from white ball cricket all together if they've just done that. Then again......
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
Sam Hain. Was a superstar at underage level in Queensland. Warwickshire approached him (Hain's parents are English) after 2012 u19 WC. He took the contract and had an impressive debut for England in their ODI series vs Ireland recently before the WC. Despite that, he's been omitted for Ollie Pope. Since he was born in Hong Kong, wouldn't surprise me if he starts playing for them now.
Ben Pobjie
Expert
Who?
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
Hain is definitely regretting leaving Queensland now because how tf is he dropped after impressing on ODI debut???????