Uncapped pair Brydon Carse and Jordan Cox are each included in England’s 17-player squad for the upcoming Check tour of Pakistan.
Durham quick bowler Carse has already made 14 ODI and three T20I appearances for England, whereas Essex batter Cox will make his T20I debut for the crew towards Australia on Wednesday.
Together with the newcomers, there are remembers for spinners Rehan Ahmed and Jack Leach, who featured within the 3-0 Check collection win away to Pakistan two years in the past. Seamer Josh Hull will likely be a part of the squad too on the again of constructing his Check debut on this week’s eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka at The Oval.
Captain Ben Stokes and opening batter Zak Crawley are each included in addition to they proceed their restoration from their respective accidents.
Carse’s inclusion within the squad to tour Pakistan follows his return to the white-ball set-up for this month’s house collection towards Australia, having been banned from Could 28 to August 28 after being discovered responsible of historic betting violations.
The 29-year-old South Africa-born seamer, whose father James performed county cricket for Northamptonshire, has taken 147 wickets in 48 first-class appearances at a median of 33.80.
Cox, in the meantime, is sixth on the listing of main run-scorers in Division One of many LV= County Championship in 2024, scoring 918 at a median of 65.57.
Jordan Cox is in England’s squad for the Check tour of Pakistan
The return of Leicestershire leg-break bowler Ahmed and Leach, who has seen Somerset team-mate Shoaib Bashir overtake him as England’s first-choice spinner, provides Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum loads of slow-bowling choices on the flatter Pakistani wickets.
Ahmed starred on debut within the eight-wicket win over Pakistan in Karachi which wrapped up the collection sweep in 2022, together with taking 5-48 within the hosts’ second innings, and featured in three Exams through the tour of India in January and February of this 12 months.
He’s amongst eight members of that squad who’re included this time round, as is seamer Chris Woakes after a powerful summer season at house main the bowling assault following James Anderson’s retirement.
Stokes’ return comes after being sidelined for the 2-1 collection win over Sri Lanka with a hamstring pressure, with Ollie Pope skippering the crew in his absence, whereas Crawley replaces Dan Lawrence on the prime of the order after lacking these three matches with a damaged finger.
England’s tour of Pakistan commences with the primary Check on Thursday, October 7.
England squad to tour Pakistan
Ben Stokes (Durham, captain), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Jordan Cox (Essex), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Josh Hull (Leicestershire), Jack Leach (Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Matthew Potts (Durham), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Olly Stone (Nottinghamshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).
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