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David Warner has said players participating in the upcoming Under-19 World Cup in Australia should aim to make it to the senior squad for the World Cup in 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Jul-2012Australia batsman David Warner has said players participating in the upcoming Under-19 World Cup in Australia should aim to make it to the senior squad for the World Cup in 2015, which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Sixteen teams will participate in the tournament to be held in Queensland (Brisbane, Townsville and Sunshine Coast) from August 11-26, 2012.”I think each individual who will be appearing in the Under-19 World Cup in 2012 needs to have goals of returning here for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 because if you are good enough to be where you are today, you have to be good enough to be in that squad and that environment in 2015,” Warner said.Warner, 25, was part of the squad for the 2006 edition, held in Sri Lanka. He scored 91 runs in five matches with one half-century as a middle-order batsman. Since his international debut in 2009, he has established himself as a destructive opener in all forms of the game for Australia. Warner said the tournament is a good finishing school for promising players hoping to play for the country.”It’s funny, I batted in the middle-order back then, and now I am opening the batting. I can see where I have come from in respect to changing my game to be the best I can,” Warner said. “Everyone’s got to start somewhere, and for me it was batting in the middle-order and bowling a little bit of leg spin.”As a player, I think I’ve matured into a better person and a better team player – not saying that I wasn’t a good team player, but you learn how to actually play the game as an individual and as a team player. I also think you become more knowledgeable about the game.”South Africa batsman Hashim Amla, part of the 2000 edition in New Zealand, said the tournament teaches youngsters invaluable cricket and life lessons. Amla scored 191 runs in eight games with two fifties. He made his international debut in 2004.”It is a great platform to launch your international career. Look at Wayne Parnell who had a great tournament for South Africa at the event in 2008 (Malaysia) and a year later, he was making his international debut,” Amla said. “The challenge for the youngsters is how they manage themselves after they have made their debuts at such an early age.”

This will be the first international action for both sides since the Covid-19 pandemic

ESPNcricinfo staff05-May-2021Scotland Women will face neighbours Ireland Women in a four-match T20I series, in what will be their first international action for both sides since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. The series will run from May 23 to May 27, with Stormont set to stage all four games. The last time Scotland and Ireland were in action was at the T20 World Cup qualifier in 2019, with both teams missing out the main event.This will be Scotland’s first assignment under new coach Mark Coles, who had replaced Steve Knox.Cricket Scotland and Cricket Ireland have been working together to get this series underway for a while. More recently, their attempt to hold the series in Spain earlier this March didn’t come to pass because of Covid-19 travel restrictions.”I want to thank Cricket Ireland High Performance Director Richard Holdsworth and all of his team for the effort that they have put into making this series possible,” Gus Mackay, the Cricket Scotland CEO, said in a media release. “Our women’s side have a crucial year ahead of them and being able to play competitive international cricket in preparation for that is absolutely essential. I’m grateful to everyone involved for making this happen and looking forward to seeing both teams out on the pitch in Belfast.”Scotland’s 14-member squad will be led by Kathryn Bryce, with her younger sister Sarah appointed vice-captain. The Bryce sisters had displayed strong form in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in 2020. Sarah was the second-highest scorer in the tournament while Kathryn was the second-highest wicket-taker.The uncapped pair of Ikra Farooq and Alisa Lister could potentially make their international debuts. Hannah Rainey, though, is unavailable for the upcoming series.Squad: Kathryn Bryce (captain), Sarah Bryce (vice-captain), Becky Glen, Lorna Jack, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Ikra Farooq, Abtaha Maqsood, Samantha Haggo, Katie Mcgill, Priyanaz Chatterji, Ailsa Lister, Katherine Fraser, Ellen Watson, Megan McColl.

Ravi Bopara has stood down from the opening England Lions match against Australia A at Old Trafford after feeling he was not ready to return to cricket

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Aug-2012Ravi Bopara has stood down from the opening England Lions match against Australia A at Old Trafford after feeling he was not ready to return to cricket following the personal issues that led to his withdrawal from the second Test against South Africa.Bopara was drafted into the Lions squad on Sunday as a replacement for James Taylor who made his Test debut at Headingley in place of Bopara. However, he was not in the eleven named for the four-day encounter and issued a brief statement.”I thought I was ready to return to action but after some consideration I just feel it’s too early so won’t be playing quite yet,” he said.In Bopara’s absence Taylor made a determined 34 in Leeds, forming a partnership of 147 with Kevin Pietersen which brought England back into the match. Bopara had made 0 and 22 at The Oval in what was his first Test for nearly a year.Eoin Morgan will captain the Lions and they included three spinners for the opening match with Simon Kerrigan, James Tredwell and Samit Patel all playing. Matt Coles, the Kent bowler, was the other player left out from the 13-man squad.

Andrew Strauss has warned that England must learn the lessons of their 3-0 series whitewash at the hands of Pakistan or face more misery in Asian conditions

George Dobell in Dubai06-Feb-2012Andrew Strauss has warned that England must learn the lessons of their 3-0 series whitewash at the hands of Pakistan or face more misery in Asian conditions.England’s 71-run loss in the third Test in Dubai condemned them to a 3-0 defeat in their first series since officially becoming ranked the No. 1 Test team. It was also the first series whitewash England had suffered since the 5-0 Ashes loss of 2006-07 and only the seventh in their history. With a two-Test tour to Sri Lanka coming up next month and a tour of India before Christmas, Strauss knows England have to improve in these conditions if they are to retain any hope of remaining the top-ranked side.Strauss, England’s Test captain, admitted that his team would do some “soul searching” over the coming days but insisted they would conduct a full debrief before making any decisions over the future of certain players. The positions of Ian Bell (who averaged 8.5 in the series), Kevin Pietersen (11.16) and Eoin Morgan (13.66) are all likely to come under scrutiny after England succumbed to their first series defeat since they lost to the West Indies in early 2009 and the first since Andy Flower was appointed to the position of permanent coach.”We can’t ignore this result and just say it’s an aberration,” Strauss said. “That would not help us. This was an eye-opener and a wake-up call and with two more tours on the subcontinent coming up, things won’t get easier. We have to be up for this challenge.”We have to look at the reasons we lost. We have to look at our preparation, our training, our techniques and our temperament. It would be wrong for us to ignore these things, but we also need to remain true to what has worked well in the past.”No-one has a right to play for England forever. It would be patently wrong for us to think like that. But we also need to take time to let the dust settle. We need to look at what went wrong individually. Hopefully over the next week or two, things will become clearer.”I have great faith in our batsmen,” Strauss continued. “I think they are some of best be in world, but I am disappointed we haven’t coped better. I haven’t been involved in a series where so many batsmen have had a hard time. We all have some questions to answer and soul searching into how we can do things better. There was a consistent failure on our part. If you keep getting bowled out for 140 or 150 you’re not going to win many Test matches. We could and should have been better.”Andy Flower, the England coach, suggested the long lay-off his players had enjoyed before the series might have been a contributory factor to the result. Before this tour England had not played Test cricket since the series against India finished in August last year and no cricket at all since the limited-overs series in October.”Looking back now, I don’t think we were ready,” Flower said. “I shoulder that side of the blame because it was my decision to give them that time off. We won’t let that happen again.”We spent a couple of months out of the game and not doing a lot while Pakistan were beating Sri Lanka and working hard to beat Bangladesh and that hardened them up for this contest. Certainly during that rest time, our team and support staff were all being lauded and, while that was happening, Pakistan were working hard at their game and beating international opposition. Consequently one side was sharp and ready and one side wasn’t and we’ve got to do something about that.”Flower also expressed his faith in the batting line-up, but confessed he was surprised at how they had struggled in the series. “We do have a lot of faith in our players and that faith has been justified over a long period of time,” he said. “But we’ve obviously underperformed here badly. I’ve been surprised by how poorly we’ve batted.”We have to take the lessons that have been learned here and improve our skills and improve out method for the Sri Lanka tour. A number of our big players have underperformed in this series. It was the first time that so many of our established Test crickets were out of runs and not feeling as confident as they usually do and not as clear in their method as they usually are.”Ian Bell is one of a few England batsmen under pressure after a poor series•Getty Images

Misbah-ul-Haq, meanwhile, said the whitewashing of England has sent “a strong message that the Pakistan team are back in cricket.”Pakistan’s captain hailed his side’s “wonderful achievement” after leading them to victory in the third Test. It was the fifth time that Pakistan had achieved a whitewash in a series of three matches or more.Victory was especially sweet for Misbah given the context in which the series was played. The previous time these teams met, in 2010, the series was soured by allegations of corruption that subsequently led to three of the Pakistan team receiving jail sentences. The episode tarnished the reputation of Pakistan cricket and forced the side to rebuild with a new captain and several new players. Now, however, Misbah feels Pakistan cricket is in the news for the right reasons.”We showed that we are a power in the cricketing world again,” Misbah said. “Now is the time to give importance to the Pakistan team again. It is a wonderful thing for us. I can’t describe in words how important this series was for our team.”We just came out of such problems. But the way we have come out and the way we are progressing is wonderful. Everyone was ignoring us, but now they have to look at Pakistan cricket.”Pakistan, who were dismissed for just 99 on the first day of this game, also became the first team since 1907 to win a Test after being bowled out for under 100 in the first innings. Pakistan responded by limited England’s first innings lead to 42, before centuries from Azhar Ali and Younis Khan seized the initiative for the hosts.”Our bowlers did a wonderful job,” Misbah said. “They cut down the lead and we knew that, if we were only behind by 100 on the first innings, we were still in the game. Then Azhar Ali and Younis Khan batted wonderfully. Their batting was the main thing that brought us back into the game.”Having proved their potency in these conditions, Misbah agreed that his team would be defined by their success overseas. “That’s another challenge,” Misbah said, “but this team loves challenges. We have it in our mind. We are focused on proving ourselves outside Pakistan.”If you saw us in New Zealand, though, you would know we can do it. Conditions there were not easy for our team, but we performed well there and in the West Indies. We are looking forward to playing in South Africa and Australia and we will start our preparation now.”

Once again the Victoria openers were unbeaten, but it’s hard to see how a result can achieved

Daniel Brettig10-Nov-2020Will Pucovski resumed his batting domination of the Sheffield Shield but did so without much hope of putting Victoria in a position to win after Western Australia dragged their first innings late into day three at Karen Rolton Oval through a superb century from the wicketkeeper Josh Inglis.In the company of Marcus Harris, Pucovski strode to an unbeaten 32 to follow his first innings of 202, as the Victorian openers took their side to 0 for 61 and four runs behind WA overall.Scored impressively while shepherding the tail from No. 8, this was the Leeds-born Inglis’ second first-class century in four games, after he had gone five years without making one while demonstrated tidy glovework for WA in that time.He had arrived at the crease at a moment when Victoria seemed capable of taking control of the contest, with WA 6 for 272 at the fall of Shaun Marsh’s wicket for 135 and still 142 runs in deficit while facing the prospect of batting last against the sharp turn being generated by Jon Holland.Josh Inglis made his second century of the season•Getty Images

Marsh had received sturdy support from the nightwatchman Matt Kelly, who rather overstayed his welcome in the minds of the Victorians on his way to 31, but he had only added another 17 with D’Arcy Short when the WA captain was pinned lbw by Will Sutherland, skidding a ball through low from around the wicket.Sutherland would take the next wicket also, but not until Inglis and Short had added 92 as the wicketkeeper took the lead role with a tempo seldom far from a run a ball. The pace quickened further when Cameron Gannon joined Inglis, the ninth-wicket pair adding 85 in a mere 10 overs and vaulting WA into the lead.When Holland took a mark at deep fine leg to dismiss Gannon off Boland with the field extremely well spread, the game had gone from a very possible Victorian victory to a likely stalemate with one day remaining. Holland’s 4 for 115 contained plenty of handsome deliveries, while Sutherland and Boland also pushed through some effective spells for their captain Pete Handscomb. Simon Mackin was relatively economical, but Mitch Perry’s one wicket came at a cost of 4.5 runs an over.All that appears to be left is another chance for Pucovski to add to his Shield tally, which currently stands at 489 runs for once out.

Two crucial sixes from Glamorgan captain Jim Allenby sealed his side’s victory in their rain-affected Friends Life t20 clash against Warwickshire

17-Jun-2012
ScorecardTwo crucial sixes from Glamorgan captain Jim Allenby sealed his side’s victory in their rain-affected Friends Life t20 clash against Warwickshire. The Welsh Dragons, who now have three points in the group along with leaders Somerset and Worcestershire, won by five runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.After winning the toss the Bears reached 141 for 5 in a match reduced to 18 overs because of the weather. In reply Glamorgan, watched by a crowd of 6,000, needed 146 to win by D/L.After a pedestrian start on a slow pitch and the loss of Marcus North, Glamorgan accelerated through Allenby who hit two big sixes off Jeetan Patel and Paul Best. And when the umpires took the players from the field for the final time Glamorgan had got ahead of the D/L rate of 57 to reach a match-winning position of 62 for 1, with Shaun Marsh on 35 from 25 balls and Allenby 24 from 15.At the start, Warwickshire were pegged back early on, with Simon Jones breaking through twice in the space of four balls in his first over. The former England seamer had Laurie Evans caught at short fine leg before Will Porterfield went to a fine catch by Stewart Walters running away at point.That left the Bears on 13 for 2 but stand-in captain Varun Chopra and Darren Maddy turned the initiative back to the visitors, putting on 77 from 61 balls. Chopra gave the innings some impetus taking 11 off an over from Jones including a six over long-on.The rain had threatened when the umpires took the players from the pitch with the Bears 38 for 2 off five overs. The second rain break reduced the match to an 18-over contest but when they came back they lost three more wickets with Maddy (49), Rikki Clarke and Chopra (53) all going in the space of 19 balls.Dean Cosker finished with 2 for 23 from his four overs including the sharp run-out of Maddy.

ESPNcricinfo previews the 3rd match of IPL 2012 between Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors India in Mumbai

The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran05-Apr-2012

Match facts

April 6, 2012, Mumbai
Start time 1600 (1030 GMT)Sourav Ganguly takes on a fresh challenge as leader•AFP

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When the nine captains of the IPL’s fifth edition were ushered in during the opening ceremony in Chennai, Sourav Ganguly, Pune Warriors India captain, walked out wearing the franchise’s new turquoise blue jersey, a change from last year’s black. The team would want to erase memories of a forgettable debut season. A change of colour could bring a change of luck, as it happened to Deccan Chargers during the second season. Till recently, Warriors’ participation in the IPL wasn’t even certain. Their owners, the Sahara Group, pulled out on the day of the auction, and their players were in limbo, uncertain of their own future. A compromise was worked out and normal service resumed.Ganguly takes over a team beset with injuries, and the absence of their star pick Yuvraj Singh, who’s recovering from cancer. Their batting last year revolved too much around Yuvraj and Robin Uthappa. They initially won’t have the services of two important overseas recruits, Michael Clarke and Angelo Mathews, who are playing Tests for their countries. They start the tournament again as underdogs.Warriors are up against their neighbours, and tournament contenders Mumbai Indians. Even the defending champions Chennai Super Kings were no match in the IPL opener, which Mumbai Indians dominated with an all-round effort. The one concern for Mumbai Indians is the availability of Sachin Tendulkar, who had to retire hurt with a finger injury in the opening game. His captain, Harbhajan Singh, was hopeful that Tendulkar would play tomorrow.

Players to watch

As Warriors ponder their overseas combination, they will find it hard to overlook Tamim Iqbal. The stylish Bangladesh opening batsman had a dream Asia Cup. He was controversially omitted at the start of the tournament but snubbed his detractors with four fifties, including 60 in the final. The pleasure of his off-side strokes, the poise and follow-through would make his captain proud.Pragyan Ojha had a memorable debut game for Mumbai Indians on Wednesdsay, taking the important wickets of Dwayne Bravo and Suresh Raina. He kept the runs down as well, proving why he’s an effective Twenty20 bowler.

2011 head-to-head

Mumbai Indians were the winners in both matches last year. The first meeting was a low-scoring one, at Wankhede Stadium. A combined bowling effort restricted Warriors to 118. Mumbai Indians won by seven wickets, but used up all their 20 overs. In the return match at the Warriors “home” ground in Navi Mumbai, Mumbai Indians set a target of 161, but Warriors fell short by 21 runs despite a fifty by Manish Pandey.

Stats and trivia

Stuart Broad returns to the top 10 among Test bowlers after picking up six wickets at Old Trafford

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Jul-2020Ben Stokes has replaced Jason Holder as the No. 1 Test allrounder following a match-defining performance in the second Test against West Indies at Old Trafford. Stokes, who slammed a patient 176 in the first innings and followed that up with a rapid 57-ball 78 not out in the second, also went up to a career-best third spot in the rankings for batsmen, only behind Steven Smith and Virat Kohli, joint with Marnus Labuschagne on 827 ranking points.Stokes trailed Holder in the allrounders’ list by 54 points before the second Test, but ended it 38 points in front, after also claiming three wickets as England won by 113 runs to level the series. In the process, Stokes ended Holder’s stay at the top after 18 months, and became the first from England to head the rankings since Andrew Flintoff in May 2006. Stokes’ tally of 497 points was also the highest by a Test allrounder since Jacques Kallis got to 517 in April 2008.In other gains for England, opener Dom Sibley jumped 29 places to a career-high No. 35 after a solid 120 in the first innings, while Stuart Broad returned to the top ten among bowlers after picking up three wickets in each innings, pushing James Anderson, who missed the game, down to No. 11.For West Indies, Shamarh Brooks’ twin half-centuries took him to his career-best of No. 45 in the batsmen’s list, while allrounder Roston Chase gained two places to sit on 31st in the bowlers’ charts.As far as the World Test Championship is concerned, the win took England to the third position on the points table, the 40 points putting them in front of New Zealand and only behind India and Australia.

Worcestershire are 13 points adrift from safety with two games remaining after suffering a thumping defeat, by an innings and 63 runs, against Sussex at New Road

David Hopps at New Road04-Sep-2015
ScorecardJoe Clarke stood out with his maiden Championship hundred – a shining light on a bleak day for Worcestershire•Getty Images

Worcestershire are 13 points adrift from safety with two games remaining after suffering a thumping defeat, by an innings and 63 runs, against Sussex at New Road. To make matters worse, the two counties above them, Somerset and Hampshire, have a match in hand. The upshot is that they will need to win their last two matches to have a chance of staying up – a depressing state of affairs for their director of cricket, Steve Rhodes, as he marks 10 years in charge.They are the bald facts. But even on this forlorn day, as they lost with 26 overs remaining, there was rich consolation. Joe Clarke’s maiden Championship hundred, from 174 balls with 14 fours, filled the afternoon with optimism, his achievement coming amid considerable tension with Worcestershire’s last pair at the crease.A delightful cover drive when Chris Jordan overpitched, with the last man Saeed Ajmal looking on from the other end, brought a rare purr on a day when Worcestershire returned to the bottom of the table for the first time since mid-June. Sussex, by virtue of their first Championship win in nine matches, advanced to fourth from bottom.It was a close run thing for Clarke, if not for Worcestershire. When a succession of deliveries thudding into Jack Shantry’s pads finally brought an lbw decision for Luke Wells – the fifth of the innings – Clarke was 97, the tea interval was pushed back and, with the new ball only two balls away, Ajmal walked out for his last contribution of the season for Worcestershire – perhaps his last ever – before he departs for the Hajj festival. That exit came with spread-eagled stumps against Steve Magoffin, armed with the new ball.

The relegation battle

Sussex 14 matches – 146 points
Somerset 13-133
Hampshire 13-128
Worcestershire 14-120

Rhodes’ work ethic and determination has helped to keep Worcestershire honest since his rapid elevation to the top role upon Tom Moody’s departure to coach Sri Lanka in 2005. He takes fierce pride in Worcestershire’s self-sufficiency, committing himself ceaselessly to the development of young players, of which Clarke, a 19-year-old from Shrewsbury, is set to be a fine representative. Sussex’s change bowling was limited, and the pitch remained quite sound, but he repelled two fine bowlers in Magoffin and Jordan as he played Worcestershire’s one innings of true quality in the match.Michael Vaughan watched him make 88 at Scarborough, his previous career best, and immediately tipped him as a future England batsman. England’s selectors are already excited by his potential, regarding him as one of the best young batsmen in the country. Having signed a new contract, he may need to further his education in Division Two.Worcestershire deserve that faith. This season, their overseas bowler Ajmal apart, they have at times fielded a side that has only ever played county cricket for the club. “Quite a feat I reckon,” Dave Bradley, of BBC Hereford and Worcester, has observed, and so it is.With three wickets already down overnight, and still 241 needed to make Sussex bat again, Worcestershire’s fate looked as good as sealed at the start of the final day.Three more fell by lunchtime despite showers robbing 12 overs from the morning. Slight unease began to gather for Sussex when the seventh-wicket pair resisted until mid-afternoon, but OIlie Robinson switched to offspin guise, which he first unveiled in county cricket against Warwickshire earlier this season, to bowl Ben Cox on the slog-sweep with a lavishly-flighted delivery. Seam is still very much his lead suit, but the affable manner of his offspin captures his laid-back personality. After that, it was a matter of awaiting Sussex’s victory and hoping for Clarke’s hundred. Both duly came.As debates take place about the structure of county cricket, it is not a good time for Worcestershire to be a yo-yo club. If the decision is taken to reshape the Championship into two divisions of eight and 10 in 2017 then the likelihood is that there would be only one promotion place on offer next season. A lot of ifs perhaps, but not the sort of outcome that would suit a county that has had five promotions and five relegations in the past 12 years. For Rhodes, it has literally been a decade of ups and downs.No side is too good to go down, as is habitually observed, but Sussex come closer to that assessment than most. They have been stricken by bowling injuries for much of the season, and like many counties their spin options are limited, but they have been vastly superior in this game. It helps, of course, when Jordan is fit again and giving every indication of a vigorous end to the season.But Sussex, despite this win, cannot entirely relax. They have moved up to fourth bottom, 13 points clear of Somerset, 18 ahead of Hampshire, but both these counties have a game in hand and meet next week at Taunton in another significant relegation encounter.At least one of these counties will be close enough to disturb Sussex with two matches remaining, making their final home match of the season, against Somerset the following week, another game that will have a major bearing on the relegation places.

Reece Topley, Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingstone included; Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson miss out

Matt Roller03-Nov-2020Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Ben Stokes have been rested from England’s ODI squad for their three-match series in South Africa as the ECB looks to manage the amount of time players spend in bio-secure conditions away from their families.Archer spent more time than any other England player in bubbles at the Ageas Bowl and Emirates Old Trafford this summer, while Curran was not far behind. Stokes flew to New Zealand for family reasons after the first Test against Pakistan, and all three players have been in the UAE playing in the IPL. Archer and Curran have been there for the last two months, while Stokes joined the tournament a month back.Jos Buttler, who ran Archer close for the most days spent away from home over the summer and has also been at the IPL, is named in both squads. Eoin Morgan, who will captain both squads, warned last month about the strains of “bubble to bubble” cricket on players’ mental health, while Archer and Curran have both spoken about concerns over burnout during the IPL.ALSO READ: Archer ‘counting down the days’ as bubble life takes it tollEd Smith, England’s national selector, said that players had been rested in order to ensure that they had sufficient rest and were able to peak during global tournaments, rather than arriving exhausting.”The ECB’s position, for a number of years now, has been to permit players to play in the IPL, and that has coincided with England’s very good form in white-ball cricket, their World Cup success and also now their very strong T20 side,” Smith said. “It’s going to have to be a case-by-case situation where we as selectors, but also players, constantly evaluate what’s in the players’ interests but also what’s in England’s interest and we’re very sensible about player workloads.”The ECB’s position has been to allow players to play in the IPL and we are going to take opportunities as selectors for England to rest one or two players when we think it’s a good opportunity to do so. The second half of this white-ball tour is an example. And we’ll also look to make sure England teams are strong across formats at all times but probably peaking, if possible, at big tournaments when we need our best players the most.”I don’t think it’s a question of [them being] too tired. It’s more nuanced than that. If you look at the commitment shown to England by those three players – Curran, Archer and Stokes – and their big performances in an England shirt, I don’t think anyone could question their commitment to the cause. It’s simply the case that the ECB had a stance for a number of years of permitting players to play in IPL. Clearly multi-format players, who also play franchise cricket… are people who need some rest and we, as selectors, are very mindful of that.”ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Reece Topley, who won an international recall this summer after four injury-blighted years without a cap, is a notable inclusion in both squads, while there are opportunities for Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingstone and Olly Stone in the ODI squad.Tom Banton, the Somerset batsman, is named among the three reserves across both formats after a disappointing T20I series against Australia in September. He is joined by Jake Ball, who last won a cap in 2018 but topped the wicket-taking charts in this season’s T20 Blast, and Tom Helm, the Middlesex seamer.Along with Archer, Curran and Stokes, Dawid Malan – ranked the world’s No. 1 T20I batsman by the ICC – and Chris Jordan are only included in the T20I squad, while Gregory, Livingstone, Stone, Joe Root and Chris Woakes will replace them for the 50-over series. The T20I series is a rare opportunity for England to field their strongest team in the format, which Buttler said last month would be crucial for their 2021 T20 World Cup preparations.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Saqib Mahmood and Matt Parkinson, the young Lancashire bowlers, are both eye-catching omissions, while other overlooked players who have been in recent squads include Pat Brown, Joe Denly, Phil Salt and James Vince. David Willey, who was a surprise omission from the squads to play Australia after being named player of the series against Ireland, has a minor back injury, while Liam Dawson (Achilles) and Richard Gleeson (back) were also unavailable.England will fly to South Africa on Monday, November 16, and will stay in a Cape Town hotel in a bio-secure environment. They will play three intra-squad warm-up matches – a 50-over game at Newlands on November 21, and two T20s in Paarl on November 23 – before three T20Is from November 27, and three ODIs from December 4. The intra-squad games could provide the players in the ODI squad only – including Root – with an opportunity to press their case across formats.The news is a blow for several Big Bash teams, with players named in England’s squads set to be unavailable to play in the competition until after Christmas due to a compulsory 14-day quarantine period on arrival in Australia. Teams have already lined players up to cover for their English international signings, with Will Jacks set to fill in for Malan at Hobart Hurricanes, Dan Lawrence lined up to replace Banton at Brisbane Heat, and Joe Clarke due to replace Jason Roy at Perth Scorchers.