Kent’s Joe Denly has been named in England’s One Day and T20 squads to tour South Africa in the New Year.
England National Cricket Selectors have named a 16-strong squad for the three-match ODI series in South Africa, starting February 4 in Cape Town, and a 16-strong squad for the three-match IT20 series against the Proteas, starting February 12 in East London.
England ODI squad
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) captain
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Tom Banton (Somerset)
Pat Brown (Worcestershire)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Tom Curran (Surrey)
Joe Denly (Kent)
Chris Jordan (Sussex)
Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire)
Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)
Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Jason Roy (Surrey)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
This will be the first time that England have played in the 50-over format since their memorable ICC Men’s World Cup triumph in July. Eight players remain from the World Cup squad.
Worcestershire seamer Pat Brown, Somerset batsman Tom Banton and the Lancashire duo of Matthew Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood are included in the ODI squad for the first time.
Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Mark Wood are rested for the ODIs, but return for the IT20s.
England IT20 squad
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) captain
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Jofra Archer (Sussex)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Pat Brown (Worcestershire)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Tom Curran (Surrey)
Joe Denly (Kent)
Chris Jordan (Sussex)
Dawid Malan (Yorkshire)
Matt Parkinson (Lancashire)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Jason Roy (Surrey)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Mark Wood (Durham)
England have named a strong squad for the three-match series, which sees the return of Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood.
Five players, who played in England’s 3-2 victory over New Zealand in November, miss out on selection – Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Lewis Gregory, Saqib Mahmood and James Vince.
Commenting on the selection of the squad, National Selector Ed Smith, said:
“These two squads were selected with an eye on the T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020.
“In the T20s, a number of players who were rested for the successful 3-2 victory in New Zealand return to the squad: Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Jason Roy.
“We want to expand the pool of players who can perform successfully for England, while also helping the team to peak for major tournaments.”
England white-ball tour of South Africa 2020
Friday 31 January: 50-over tour match – Cricket South Africa Invitation XI v England – Boland Park, Paarl (10.00am SAST start)
Saturday 1 February: 50-over tour match – South Africa ‘A’ v England – Boland Park, Paarl (10.00am SAST start)
Tuesday 4 February: 1st ODI – South Africa v England – PPC Newlands Cricket Stadium, Cape Town (1.00pm SAST start)
Friday 7 February: 2nd ODI – South Africa v England – Kingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban (1.00pm SAST start)
Sunday 9 February: 3rd ODI – South Africa v England – The Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg (10.00am SAST start)
Wednesday 12 February: 1st IT20 – South Africa v England – Buffalo Park, East London (6.00pm SAST start)
Friday 14 February: 2nd IT20 – South Africa v England – Kingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban (6.00pm SAST start)
Sunday February 16: 3rd IT20 – South Africa v England – SuperSport Park, Centurion (2.40pm SAST start)