Rehan Ahmed is in line to make his white ball worldwide debut in England’s subsequent one-day sequence in opposition to Bangladesh, which begins Wednesday stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket.
Matthew Mott’s facet are ramping up preparations for his or her 50+ World Cup title protection in India later this yr.
The holders nonetheless have 10 ODIs forward of the beginning of the World Cup in October and are in blended type, having misplaced eight out of 15 video games since Jos Buttler took over from Eoin Morgan as white ball captain in June 2022.
Extra not too long ago, England suffered a 2-1 defeat in South Africa earlier this yr.
Buttler leads a younger and skilled group for the Bangladesh Sequence.
Jofra Archer continues his comeback after a protracted damage absence and is joined by Mark Wooden and Saqib Mahmood as tempo choices.
On the batting entrance, Dawid Malan retained his spot on the group, with James Vince additionally drafted. Uncapped Tom Abell was within the squad however pulled out attributable to damage.
Nevertheless, maybe essentially the most attention-grabbing inclusion is Ahmed, who will get his probability with the white ball group for the primary time after impressing for the Pakistan Take a look at squad in December.
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Try every of Ahmed’s wickets because the England teenager grew to become the youngest man to take 5 wickets on his Take a look at debut
The 18-year-old made his Take a look at debut in Karachi, taking a five-wicket win within the second leg.
Ahmed performed 13 instances for England’s ODI Below-19 facet, successful 24 wickets with finest figures of 4-30, and in addition performed seven over 50 video games for Leicestershire.
Bangladesh seems like the right place for the spinner to suit into the white ball squad, with the spin-friendly grounds in Mirpur and Chittagong wanting excellent for him.
Ahmed can have the chance to work intently with Adil Rashid, and followers hope to see him working in tandem along with his senior colleague.
England captain Buttler stated: “Rehan is a extremely thrilling expertise. We’re enthusiastic about his improvement and the place we predict he can go and it is nice to have him in and across the England setup.
“Somebody like Adil has been a star for us for a very long time, Rehan spending time with him and chatting about bowling and watching himself play will likely be an enormous profit for him and an enormous step in his improvement.
“We look ahead to seeing Rehan develop and hopefully turn out to be a superb worldwide cricketer.”
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Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton praised England spinner Rehan Ahmed after successful two wickets on his Take a look at debut
The Wooden-Archer mixture returns
Attributable to health points, England haven’t been in a position to see their two entrance row bowlers, Archer and Wooden, collectively for a while.
Archer made his return to the worldwide squad in opposition to South Africa and beat England to their solely victory of this tour with a run of six wickets within the ODI closing.
The cameo reminded England of the blistering tempo that proved so lethal on the 2019 World Cup, and Buttler will hope he can keep match for his facet’s protection of the trophy.
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Jofra Archer impressed England to a win over South Africa with six wickets in solely his second worldwide since coming back from damage
Wooden has been rested for the South African sequence, as England handle their health, however return to the squad.
The Wooden-Archer mixture was devastating on the 2019 World Cup, with the duo’s tempo proving almost unplayable at instances.
Sam Curran and Chris Woakes have been efficient substitutes in latest months, with Mahmood offering one other tempo choice for England on his return from damage.
With Olly Stone rested after being in New Zealand with the Take a look at group, England nonetheless have a number of quick bowlers to name on in Bangladesh.
However with the World Cup happening in India, England might be persuaded to play an additional spinner and the sequence in Bangladesh will present them with alternatives to experiment with their bowling setup.
The ODI’s three-game run in Bangladesh is Buttler’s final probability to see how his proteges fare away from dwelling, with the remainder of their 50 video games earlier than the World Cup being performed at dwelling.
ODI Staff: Jos Buttler, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wooden.
T20 Squad: Jos Buttler, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Chris Woakes, Mark Wooden.
Schedule of the English tour in Bangladesh:
1st ODI: Wednesday March 1 – Dhaka (Stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket and Most important Occasion from 5.30am, play begins at 6am GMT).
2nd ODI: Friday March 3 – Dhaka (Stay on Sky Sports activities from 5.30am, play begins at 6am).
third ODI: Monday March 6 – Chattogram (stay on Sky Sports activities from 5.30am, play begins at 6am).
1st T20I: Thursday March 9 – Chattogram (stay on Sky Sports activities from 8.30am, play begins at 9am).
2nd T20I: Sunday March 12 – Dhaka (Stay on Sky Sports activities from 8.30am, play begins at 9am).
third T20I: Tuesday March 14 – Dhaka (Stay on Sky Sports activities from 8.30am, play begins at 9am).
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