England batsman Root rested for T20 and ODIs vs Australia


London, Aug 25 (IANS): In-form England batsman Joe Root has been rested for the One-Day International (ODI) series and the one-off Twenty20 International match against Australia, bbc.com reported on Monday.

The 24-year-old was England's leading run-scorer during their 3-2 Ashes Series win. The T20 match will be played on August 31 followed by five ODIs starting September 3.

Uncapped Essex left-arm pace bowler Reece Topley, 21, has been named in England's 13-man T20 squad.

All-rounder Moeen Ali, rested for the ODIs against New Zealand earlier this summer, has been recalled for both formats.

The one-day squad features five players -- Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood -- who helped England win the Ashes.

Topley and batsman James Vince, who were in the squad for the last T20 international against New Zealand but did not play in the 56-run win at Old Trafford, retain their places. Fit-again seamer Chris Woakes will return after an injury lay-off.

Topley has taken 16 wickets at an average of 22.93 with an economy rate of 9.02 in 11 T20 Blast games for Essex this season, while Hampshire's Vince is the joint highest English run-scorer in the competition with 641.

England T20 squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey, Chris Woakes.

England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: England batsman Root rested for T20 and ODIs vs Australia



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.