England skipper Buttler fit for tour of West Indies
England white-ball captain Jos Buttler will return to the side for this month’s one-day international and T20 tour of the West Indies after recovering from a calf injury,.
The 34-year-old wicketkeeper-batter missed England’s T20 and ODI series against Australia with the same injury. England tied the three-match T20 1-1 and lost the five-match ODI series 3-2 against Australia.
Jafer Chohan, John Turner and Dan Mousley are the three uncapped players in the 14-member squad.
“An initial 14-player squad has been selected, which will be supplemented with two players from the Test squad in Pakistan,” the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).
“A decision on the two players to join the white-ball squad in the Caribbean is to be made after selection for the third Test in Rawalpindi, which begins on Thursday, October 24.”
England will play the West Indies in three ODIs, starting on October 31, followed by five T20s beginning on November. 9.
The three-week tour will take place in Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia.
ENGLAND SQUAD:
Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Jafer Chohan, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, John Turner
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