November 8, 2024
Buttler returns as England captain for West Indies tour

Buttler returns as England captain for West Indies tour

Jos Buttler (Glyn KIRK), England white-ball captain

Jos Buttler (Glyn KIRK), England white-ball captain

Jos Buttler will return as white-ball captain for England’s tour of the West Indies which begins later this month after a long injury absence, the selectors announced on Wednesday.

The 14-man squad for three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches in Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia includes three uncapped players.

Buttler missed England’s recent T20 and ODI series against Australia as he recovered from a calf injury.

England drew the T20 series 1-1 and lost the ODI series 3-2 to the 50-over world champions.

Buttler, part of England’s 2019 World Cup-winning squad, is one of the game’s most destructive hitters in white-ball formats.

But he has not played since the T20 World Cup in the United States and West Indies in June, where England failed to retain their trophy.

Yorkshire leg-spinner Jafer Chohan earns his first England call-up, while John Turner and Dan Mousley are the other uncapped players.

Chohan, 22, said the selection “feels like an absolute dream”.

“My skills are very unique and a bit different to those in England before,” he said.

“I feel very confident in my game and I like to express myself as a person with the way I play and I think that is my strength.”

The squad will be completed by two players from the Pakistan Test team, with England beginning a three-match series in Multan next week.

A decision on who will fly to the Caribbean will be made after selection for the third Test in Rawalpindi, which begins on October 24.

Harry Brook, who is part of the Test squad, replaced the England skipper for the Australian ODI series, topping the run-scoring charts with 312 runs in five innings at an average of 78.

The white ball tour of England begins with the first ODI at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

The T20 series begins in Barbados on November 9 and concludes in Saint Lucia on November 17.

England team: 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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