England name white-ball squads to tour South Africa

Worcestershire's Pat Brown, Somerset batsman Tom Banton and Lancashire's Matthew Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood all receive their maiden ODI call-ups

England have named 16-man squads for both their three-match one-day international series and three-match T20I series against South Africa.

Worcestershire’s Pat Brown, Somerset batsman Tom Banton and Lancashire’s Matthew Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood all receive their maiden ODI call-ups.

Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Mark Wood will be rested in the 50-over format but all feature in the T20 squad.

Banton, Sam Billings, Lewis Gregory, Mahmood and James Vince all featured in New Zealand but have not been included in the T20 squa and there's no place for Test skipper Joe Root.

National selector Ed Smith, stated that the squads have been elected with next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia firmly in mind.

"These two squads were selected with an eye on the T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020,” said Smith.

“In the T20s, a number of players who were rested for the successful 3-2 victory in New Zealand return to the squad: Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Jason Roy.

“We want to expand the pool of players who can perform successfully for England, while also helping the team to peak for major tournaments."

ODI squad

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Tom Banton (Somerset), Pat Brown (Worcestershire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Joe Denly (Kent), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

T20 squad

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Pat Brown (Worcestershire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Joe Denly (Kent), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Matt Parkinson (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Mark Wood (Durham)

Fixtures

January 31: 50-over tour match - Cricket South Africa Invitation XI v England – Boland Park, Paarl

February 1: 50-over tour match – South Africa ‘A’ v England – Boland Park, Paarl

February 4: 1st ODI – South Africa v England – PPC Newlands Cricket Stadium, Cape Town 

February 7: 2nd ODI – South Africa v England – Kingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban

February 9: 3rd ODI – South Africa v England – The Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg 

February 12: 1st IT20 – South Africa v England – Buffalo Park, East London

February 14: 2nd IT20 – South Africa v England – Kingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban

February 16: 3rd IT20 – South Africa v England – SuperSport Park, Centurion

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