JACOB Bethell will return for England’s white-ball tour of Australia, while there are also first international call-ups for exciting prospects Thomas Rew and Eddie Jack.
Warwickshire’s Bethell has not played since suffering a knee injury in July but is back as part of a near-full-strength squad for three one-day internationals.
England have made changes for the five T20s, resting players ahead of the Test tour of South Africa, meaning 18-year-old Somerset wicketkeeper-batter Rew and Hampshire’s 21-year-old pace bowler Jack are included.
“Thomas Rew is an amazing young talent,” national selector Marcus North told the Test Match Special podcast. “He has a great maturity around him for an 18-year-old.
“Eddie Jack is another great example of a system that has been supporting and developing our fast bowlers. This is an exciting time – it’s always great when you get an opportunity to bring some players in.”
The tour begins with the first ODI in Perth on 13 November and ends with the final T20 in Canberra on 2 December – a week before England’s warm-up match in South Africa leading into a three-Test series.
There will be live ball-by-ball commentary from every match of England’s tour of Australia on Test Match Special.
England white-ball coach Brendon McCullum had previously confirmed he wanted a strong team for the ODI leg of the trip to Australia in the build-up to the World Cup in southern Africa next year.
The New Zealander also conceded he would have to rotate his squad for the T20 leg, given England’s schedule in a busy winter of five separate overseas tours.
One-day squad: Harry Brook (Yorkshire – captain), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Tom Banton (Somerset), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Jordan Cox (Essex), Henry Crocombe (Surrey), Sam Curran (Surrey), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire).
T20 squad: Harry Brook (Yorkshire – captain), Tom Banton (Somerset), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), James Coles (Sussex), Jordan Cox (Essex), Henry Crocombe (Surrey), Sam Curran (Surrey), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Aneurin Donald (Derbyshire), Eddie Jack (Hampshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Thomas Rew (Somerset), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Luke Wood (Lancashire).
