England selected uncapped Warwickshire pair Jacob Bethell and Dan Mousley for the white-ball clash against Australia in September, but Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow were left out.
Bethel, 20, a left-handed batsman and spin bowler, scored 356 runs, including 15 balls, for Birmingham Bears in this season’s Vitality Blast before being selected for three T20 series matches and five subsequent one-day internationals. It was. 50 points against Northamptonshire.
Teammate Mousley, 23, is another left-hander who provides a slow bowling option, and was included in the T20 squad after amassing 375 runs in Birmingham’s Blast quarter-final run.
England T20 squad plays against Australia
Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Jofra Archer (Hampshire), Jacob Bethel (Warwickshire), Brydon Kearse (Durham), Jordan Cox (Essex), Sam Curran (Surrey), Josh Hull (Leicester) Shah), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Saqub Mahmood (Lancashire), Dan Mousley (Warwickshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Leith Top Lee (Surrey), John Turner (Hampshire)
England ODI team plays against Australia
Jos Buttler (captain, Lancashire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Jacob Bethel (Warwickshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Kearse (Durham), Ben Duckett (Nottingham) Josh Hull (Leicestershire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Reece Topley (Surrey), John Turner (Hampshire)
Leicestershire left-arm seamer Josh Hull (who was included in England’s Test squad on Sunday as a replacement for the injured Mark Wood) and Hampshire’s fleet-footed right-hander John Turner were also included in both groups before making their white-ball debuts. There is a possibility that it will be fulfilled. A fifth uncapped player, Essex batsman Jordan Cox, is in the T20 party.
However, there is no place for Bairstow (34) and Moeen (37), who are central figures in the limited-overs teams, in either team, and T20 specialist Chris Jordan (35) is also being overlooked.
Image: Jonny Bairstow’s England future in doubt after being left out of T20s and ODIs against Australia
All three may have played their final internationals as England reshuffle their squad after losing the 50-over and T20 titles at the World Cup last year, and Bairstow’s white-ball omission means he will be left out of Test cricket this summer. It happened after.
Marcus Trescothick will lead England on an interim basis heading into the game against Australia following the resignation of white-ball head coach Matthew Mott following the team’s defeat in the T20 World Cup semi-finals in June.
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Durham seamer Brydon Kearse was selected in both the T20 and 50-over groups following a gambling ban, while in-form Lancashire paceman Saqib Mahmood claimed three wickets from the Oval Invincibles in the final. He was recalled to the T20 team just after earning the title. The Hundred’s game against Southern Brave earlier this month.
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Check out the best shots from Jamie Smith’s first test century for England against Sri Lanka at Emirates Old Trafford.
Jamie Smith, who turned 150 after being favored by Bairstow and Ben Foakes as a Test wicketkeeper-batsman, has been selected for the ODI match against Australia.
The first T20 will be held in Southampton on September 11 and will not include any red-ball players, apart from Cox and Hull, as it begins the day after England’s three-Test series with Sri Lanka is scheduled to conclude.
Smith, Harry Brooke, Gus Atkinson, Ben Duckett and Matthew Potts will return for the ODI series, which begins at Trent Bridge on September 19 and ends at Bristol on September 29, but Joe Root is 50 Rested from the over match, Chris omitted awakening.
Image: England white-ball captain Jos Buttler missed The Hundred with a calf injury but is back in form.
Captain Jos Buttler missed The Hundred with a calf injury but is fit and all-rounders Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran are in the T20 squad but not the ODI squad.
The next men’s world white ball tournament is the 50-over ICC Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan in February and March, while the next T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka in early 2026.
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Bethel made a great catch on the perimeter during the Birmingham Phoenix’s loss to the Southern Brave in The Hundred Eliminator
England vs Australia schedule – all matches live on Sky Sports
1st T20 (September 11) – Southampton, Ageas Bowl (6.30pm start) 2nd T20 (September 13) – Cardiff, Sophia Gardens (6.30pm start) 3rd T20 (September 15) – Manchester, Emirates Old Trafford (2.30pm start) 1st ODI (September 19) – Nottingham, Trent Bridge (12.30pm start) 2nd ODI (September 21) – Leeds, Headingley (11am start) 3rd ODI (September 24) – Durham, Seat Unique Riverside (12:30pm start) 4th ODI (September 27) ) – London, Lord’s (12.30pm start) 5th ODI (September 29) – Bristol, The Seat Unique Stadium (11am start)
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