New Delhi, October 21 (IANS). Aggressive English all-rounder Liam Livingstone has been named the captain of England for the ODI series against West Indies, while regular captain Jos Buttler is struggling with injury and is not yet fully fit, hence he has been ruled out of this series.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that Jos Buttler's replacement has not been selected for the three-match ODI series starting in Antigua from October 31. The England team leaves for the Caribbean tour early next week and Buttler will join the team in Barbados ahead of the five-match T20 series starting on November 9.
In the absence of Harry Brook, who captained England in limited-overs matches against Australia, and Ben Duckett for the Caribbean tour due to his involvement in the current Test tour of Pakistan, the 31-year-old Livingstone will get the chance to captain the side for the first time in international cricket. Got a chance. He will work alongside interim head coach Marcus Trescothick.
Livingstone is a member of England's T20 World Cup 2022 winning team. He has captained Lancashire in the T20 Blast and Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred. The ECB has also said that it will include two more players from the ongoing Test tour of Pakistan in its Caribbean tour.
England team: Jos Buttler (captain-only T20 series), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethel, Jaffer Chauhan, Sam Curran, Will Jacques, Liam Livingstone (captain-only ODI series), Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid. , Phil Salt, Reece Topley and John Turner.
–IANS
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