England drop white-ball mainstay from T20 World Cup squad

Posted by Xchange Tickets on September 2nd, 2022

The 15-person England team has been announced for the forthcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022, which will begin on October 16 in Australia.

Jason Roy isn't included in the 15-man group because to England's preference for Phil Salt, who made his T20I debut earlier this year, after a terrible run for his country's side and in The Hundred. Since the final T20 World Cup in the UAE in 2021, Roy has played in 11 T20 Internationals, earning 206 runs at an average of 18.72.

Salt's inclusion in the ongoing competition The Hundred is recognition for his impressive domestic performance. Currently ranked No. 2 with 313 runs in eight games, averaging 44.71, he is one of the best run scorers.

Jos Buttler, who replaced Eoin Morgan, who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this year, is leading the squad in its first major competition.

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Due to Buttler's calf injury, Moeen Ali will captain England on their pre-tour to Pakistan, where they will play Babar Azam's team in seven Twenty20 Internationals.

In the latter stages of the series against Pakistan, England is optimistic that Buttler will be fit again.

After contributing to England's recent series against South Africa, Dawid Malan is also called back. The left-hander, who will replace Morgan on a like-for-like basis, has a strike rate of 148.27 in T20 Internationals this season. With 358 runs at a 59.66 average, he is currently The Hundred's leading run scorer.

Tymal Mills, the leading wicket-taker from the last season until his injury ended the campaign, has been left out of the starting lineup but has been included as a travelling reserve along with Liam Dawson and Richard Gleeson.

Mark Wood and Chris Woakes, two seamers who were injured, have each fully healed and have been included to the squad of 15, according to the ECB.

The team will kick off the 2022 season on October 22 against Afghanistan in Perth with the goal of improving on their semi-final appearance at the T20 World Cup from the previous year.

Jordan Cox, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Olly Stone, and Luke Wood are among the five uncapped players in England's 19-man squad for the Pakistan tour prior to the T20 World Cup.

The teams they have selected for the T20 World Cup and the Australia series are the same.

Squad for T20 World Cup and T20I series against Australia:

Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, and Mark Wood. 

Travel Reserve: 

Tymal Mills, Liam Dawson, and Richard Gleeson

Squad for Pakistan T20Is:

Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tom Helm, Will, Jacks, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, and Mark Wood. 

Jason Roy: England's star opener was not selected for the T20 World Cup or the tour of Pakistan before it.

Jason Roy averaged just 12.66 runs in six T20 internationals this summer. He also started his Oval Invincible Hundred campaign with three ducks in his first four innings. England will play seven T20 internationals in Pakistan before the T20 World Cup in Australia in October.

Following a dismal run of form with the bat, Jason Roy has been left out of England's team for both the T20 World Cup in October and their T20 tour of Pakistan later this month.

In six T20 international matches this summer, Roy has scored just 78 runs, averaging 12.66. Additionally, he had three ducks in his first four innings of his Hundred campaign for the Oval Invincible.

Phil Salt, who has participated in four T20Is and eight one-day internationals and who scored his first century against the Netherlands in June, has been named to both squads. He could replace Roy at the top of the order alongside white-ball captain Jos Buttler, or Jonny Bairstow could move up the order.

Both squads have included pace bowlers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood after they had fully recovered from their injuries. Both players last appeared for England in March during the Test series against the West Indies.

Chris Jordan (finger) and Liam Livingstone (ankle), two players chosen to England's T20 World Cup team, will continue their recovery and won't go to Pakistan, but they are "on track to be healthy for the event," according to a press release from the ECB.

Buttler will travel to Pakistan while also recovering from a calf injury, but it's anticipated that the captain will only be able to participate in the final three games of the seven-match series. Moeen Ali will serve as the team's captain in Buttler's absence.

Since 2005, a 19-player squad has been chosen to travel Pakistan, with five uncapped players included. Along with Tom Helm of Middlesex, Will Jacks of Surrey, Olly Stone of Warwickshire, and Luke Wood of Lancashire, batter Jordan Cox of Kent is also featured.

None of the potential debutants were selected for England's 15-man T20 World Cup squad. Liam Dawson, an all-rounder for Hampshire, Richard Gleeson, a fast bowler for Lancashire, and Tymal Mills, a left-arm quick for Sussex, are listed as "travelling reserves" for the competition.

While the T20 World Cup begins on October 16 in Australia, England's first group game is on October 22 against Afghanistan, with every game being broadcast live on Sky Sports. England flies to Pakistan on September 14 and plays the first of their seven T20s on Tuesday, September 20, live on Sky Sports.

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