The England and Wales Cricket Board once again ignored Alex Hales as they named a 16-man squad for the five-match T20 series against India. Liam Livingstone, another brilliant performer in the Big bash League alongside Hales has been rewarded with a call-up in the Eoin Morgan led squad.
The touring party depart on Friday, 26 February, ahead of the first match of the series scheduled to be played on 12th March at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. Joe Root has once again been sidelined for the shortest format while Jake Ball and Matt Parkinson have been named as the two reserves in the side. All five matches of the series will take place at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.
The squad for the three One-Day Internationals that follow the T20I series will be announced in due course, said the ECB official release.
England Men’s T20I Squad:
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Reece Topley (Surrey), Mark Wood (Durham).
Reserves:
Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Matt Parkinson (Lancashire).