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Bethell and Archer return for England’s Australia white-ball tour
England named Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer in its squads for the Australia tour in November, which includes one-day and T20 international matches.
Bethell is fit again after a knee injury sustained against India in July kept him out of later series.
Archer returns after being rested for the tri-series in Pakistan.
Eddie Jack and Thomas Rew have earned their first T20 call-ups, while 18-year-old Rew captained England’s under-19 team to the World Cup final in February.
Phil Salt also returns after a quad injury, and Luke Wood is recalled to the T20 squad.
Jos Buttler remains sidelined as he recovers from hamstring surgery, while Saqib Mahmood misses out with a knee injury.
The tour starts with a warm-up match in Perth on 7 November, followed by three ODIs and five T20 internationals, ending in Canberra on 2 December.
Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer are set to return for England’s white-ball tour of Australia, which begins in November.
Bethell is fit again after a knee injury, while Archer returns after being rested for a tri-series in Pakistan.
Eddie Jack and Thomas Rew have received their first call-ups to England’s T20 squad.
Phil Salt returns after a quad injury, while Jos Buttler remains sidelined as he rehabilitates after hamstring surgery.
The tour includes three ODIs and five T20 internationals.
- Who
- England’s men’s white-ball squads, including Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer.
- What
- England named squads for a white-ball tour of Australia, featuring ODI and T20 series.
- When
- The tour starts in November 2026. The first ODI is scheduled for 13 November.
- Where
- Australia.
- Why
- Bethell is fit again after a knee injury, and Archer returns after being rested for a tri-series in Pakistan.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Bethell sustained a knee injury during England’s ODI series win against India.
England’s squads for the Australia white-ball tour were reported.
An England XI is scheduled to play a warm-up match against Western Australia XI in Perth.
The first ODI against Australia is scheduled in Perth.
The first T20 international is scheduled in Melbourne.
The fifth T20 international is scheduled in Canberra.
- ODI squad captain
- Harry Brook
- T20 squad first call-ups
- Eddie Jack and Thomas Rew
- Tour warm-up
- England XI v Western Australia XI, 7 November, WACA Ground, Perth
- ODI series
- Three matches, beginning 13 November in Perth
- T20 series
- Five matches, ending 2 December in Canberra
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