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Bethell returns as four uncapped players join England’s Australia squads
Jacob Bethell is fit to return for England’s Australia tour after knee surgery kept him out since an injury against India in July.
The tour features three one-day internationals and five T20 matches in November and December.
Four uncapped players join the T20 squad: Eddie Jack, Thomas Rew, James Coles and Henry Crocombe.
Jofra Archer is also back in the ODI squad, while Phil Salt and Sam Curran are fit to return; Jos Buttler is absent after hamstring surgery.
Some fast bowlers will leave after the ODI series to prepare for England’s Test tour of South Africa in December.
The tour gives England a chance to prepare for next year’s World Cup and test its T20 team in Australian conditions.
Jacob Bethell has been cleared to return for England’s white-ball tour of Australia after knee surgery.
England named uncapped players Thomas Rew, Eddie Jack, James Coles and Henry Crocombe in the T20 squad.
Bethell and Jofra Archer are among a near-full-strength squad for three one-day internationals.
England will rotate players for the five T20 internationals to manage preparations for the Test tour of South Africa.
The Australia tour runs from the first ODI in Perth on 13 November to the final T20 in Canberra on 2 December.
- Who
- England’s men’s white-ball squads, including Jacob Bethell and four uncapped T20 players.
- What
- England announced squads for a three-match ODI series and five T20 internationals in Australia.
- When
- The tour runs from 13 November to 2 December.
- Where
- Australia, with matches in Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra.
- Why
- The ODI squad is intended to prepare for next year’s World Cup, while T20 players will be rotated ahead of the Test tour of South Africa.
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Bethell suffered a knee injury and stopped playing.
Henry Crocombe was awarded a two-year central contract, while Rew and Jack received development central contracts.
England’s ODI series begins in Perth.
England’s five-match T20 series ends in Canberra.
- ODI squad
- 16 players
- T20 squad
- 16 players
- Uncapped T20 players
- James Coles, Henry Crocombe, Eddie Jack and Thomas Rew
- First ODI
- 13 November, Optus Stadium, Perth
- Final T20
- 2 December, Manuka Oval, Canberra
What people are saying
The returns of Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer for the ODI series means that we will be at close to full strength as we ramp up preparations for a World Cup in a year’s time.
We will have four uncapped players in an exciting IT20 squad including Thomas Rew and Eddie Jack, both of whom toured Australia with the England Lions last year, and who earn their first England call-ups.
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