End of an era? England drop 9 players including Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali from squad for Caribbean tour

In what will be an finish to a golden technology of England cricketers, the 2019 World champions haven’t named 9 World Cup-bound players of their squad for the Caribbean tour. The Three Lions will tour the Caribbean for a multi-format limited-overs sequence in December 2023 a month after their horrorful marketing campaign on the World Cup in India. 

Less than 12 hours after England’s marketing campaign ended with a win over Pakistan, the England have named a kind of a brand new look squad for their three-match ODI sequence in opposition to West Indies. There are as many as 9 World Cup-bound players, who haven’t been named within the squad. David Willey (now retired), Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, (*9*)Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root are among the many players who don’t discover their names within the squad record launched by the England cricket physique on Sunday. 

There are six World Cup survivors too within the squad. Jos Buttler, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone are the one players retained within the squad. Though there was no official phrase from England Cricket on why a number of players should not picked, it’s being mentioned that some players have been rested.

England have additionally named a T20I squad for a five-match sequence in opposition to the Windies and Dawid Malan has not been picked in it. Meanwhile, Moeen Ali finds his title within the shorter setup. During their poor run in World Cup 2023, vice-captain Moeen Ali had additionally hinted that this marketing campaign may see the top of an period. “I look at it as an exciting time going forward because there are so many good players, we know they are coming. Anything could happen there are still another four years before the next World Cup. Like 2015, we were terrible in the World Cup and we started again, almost started fresh and it can be exciting going forward,” Moeen had mentioned.

ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, John Turner

T20I squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Josh Tongue, Reece Topley, John Turner, Chris Woakes

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