England players Jordan Cox and Rehan Ahmed who were part of the Test team in Pakistan, have been added to England’s White Ball Squads for West Indies Tour.
With the England squad set to depart for Antigua on Monday, Cox will be flying home after the first day of the third test while Rehan will be joining late in the Caribbean and is unlikely to feature in Thursday’s first ODI against West Indies.
The Essex Wk-Batter is set to make his Test debut during England’s tour to New Zealand which closely follows the West Indies tour and may leave the Caribbean early. Jos Buttler has been ruled out from the ODI squad due to a calf injury.
🚨 Squad Update 🚨
𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘅 – Jordan will leave at the end of today’s play and head home to the UK, before joining our white-ball tour of the Caribbean.
𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱 – Rehan will also join the white-ball squad at the end of this Test match. pic.twitter.com/BQmkpi018O
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He is likely to miss the match T20I series and will arrive in New Zealand in time for England’s warm-up match in Queenstown.
Liam Livingstone will be captain of England in the ODI series against West Indies, with Michael Pepper called up as an additional cover. The West Indies currently trailing 2-0 in their ODI series against Sri Lanka, have yet to announce their squad for the series against England.
The first ODI match of the England West Indies will be played on October 31 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
England’s White Ball Squad for west Indies: Jos Buttler (captain, T20Is only), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Jafer Chohan, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone (ODI captain), Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, John Turner.
